Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International, a trade association based in San Jose, Calif., said equipment suppliers worldwide had reported shipments worth $5.6 billion, a 56percentt drop from the $13 billion in the 2000 period and a 20percentt drop from the second quarter of this year.
Note, the company reported shipments rather than sales to consumers.
That's a 223.2 percent increase from the same time last year, when the IDC reported shipments of 5.6 million units.
ISG, which is based in Richfield, Ohio, reported record shipments for the most recent quarter.
Late in July, IDC reported that shipments of hand-held computers dropped 11percentt worldwide in the second quarter, making it difficult for newcomers to compete.
Union Pacific and other railroads have reported declining shipments of chemicals, grain and other products in December as the United States economy slows.
Still, new orders for all durable goods — products that last several years — were down 26.7percentt in June from a year earlier, the Commerce Department reported, and shipments of goods fell 19.5percentt.
Previously this month, it was reported smartphone shipments in China had decreased for the first time in nine years.
In Q4 of last year, IDC reported that shipments had dropped 20percentt, year over year, while Strategic Analytics has the number at half that.
On January 28 , 2008 In-Stat reported that shipments of HDMI were expected to exceed those of DVI in 2008, driven primarily by the consumer electronics market.
