Original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) are reporting weak demand for electronic equipment production in the fourth quarter of 2008. <\/p>\n
The knock-on effect has already backed up throughout the semiconductor supply chain and the electronics industry is set for a sustained reduction in worldwide production, according to Gartner.<\/p>\n
Gartner analysts say that weakness in demand is not confined to electronic equipment production or the largest semiconductor vendors. There is broad evidence to show that weak demand has backed-up throughout the semiconductor supply chain, to foundry chip manufacturers and chip packaging, and electronic equipment outsourcing companies. <\/p>\n
The analysts list several announcements that support this finding:<\/p>\n
* Chip original design manufacturers (ODMs) manufacturing netbook PCs show market consensus that 2008 demand should be lowered by 20% to 8m units.<\/p>\n
* Chip manufacturer Linear Technology, which has significant semiconductor distribution revenue, anticipates a sequential decline of up to 20% from 3Q08 revenue.<\/p>\n
* Major audio codec supplier Wolfson Microelectronics anticipates that<\/p>\n
4Q08 revenue will fall by 24% from 3Q08 revenue estimates.<\/p>\n
* Foundry TSMC expects 4Q08 shipments to fall by up to 24% from 3Q08 results, and already has utilisation rates below 75%. However, utilisation rates for chip manufacturers are likely to be around 85% overall.<\/p>\n
* Chip packaging company ChipMOS Technologies reported revenue decline of 33% for September.<\/p>\n
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