Last year, companies that manufacture semiconductors — the chips that go in our computers, phones and electronic gadgetry — recorded their best year ever, posting $336 billion in sales. And if the first two months of 2015 are any indicator, they’re on track to do it again.
After Record Year, Global Chip Sales Are Still Climbing
Chip sales in February rose nearly 7 percent over the same period a year ago.
SIA
Today the Semiconductor Industry Association, a trade group, reported that February chip sales reached $27.8 billion, amounting to an increase of nearly 7 percent over the same period a year ago.
On a regional basis, that growth was led by a 17 percent boost to customers in the Americas region. Sales in the Asia Pacific region also rose by nearly 8 percent. Sales declined in Europe year on year by 2 percent and by nearly 9 percent in Japan.
Memory chips — specifically, a type known as DRAM, which is widely used in computers, phones, tablets and servers — led sales, as did analog chips, also widely used in phones and consumer electronics.
This article originally appeared on Recode.net.
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