NEEDHAM, MA – Worldwide server market revenue declined 2.5% year-over-year to $23.6 billion during the second quarter, according to the International Data Corp. Worldwide server shipments surpassed 3.2 million during the period, an increase of 0.1% over the previous year.

MILPITAS, CA – Global semiconductor equipment billings surged 48% year-over-year to a record high of $24.9 billion in the second quarter, a 5% increase sequentially, says SEMI.

WASHINGTON – Global semiconductor sales were $45.4 billion in July, an increase of 29% year-over-year and 2.1% sequentially, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association.

FRANKFURT – “Europe must increase its capacities for the production of microelectronics chips in order to better avoid future supply bottlenecks and to be able to better survive as an industrial location in international competition.”