Semiconductor sales to fall this year
 

Sales of semiconductors are expected to fall by 0.8 percent during 2015, and that’s the first revenue decline since 2012.

That’s according to Gartner, which said worldwide revenues will total $337.8 billion this year, largely because of a decline in demand from consumers.

“The outlook for the major applications that drive the semiconductor market, including PCs, smartphones and tablets, has been revised downward,” said Andrew Norwood, a research vice president at Gartner.

He said that has combined with the continuing effect of the strong dollar in important markets outside the USA, to cause the decline.

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