RECENT PRESS RELEASES
Worldwide IC fab capacity has been dramatically impacted by the worst global recession in 63 years! What happens now? -- October 2
Emerging from recession — IC Insights to present its current market outlook -- August 19
Finding and researching IC manufacturers and fabless suppliers just got easier with new and improved online database -- June 19

RECENT RESEARCH BULLETINS
Optoelectronics, sensors, and discretes to hit record sales in 2010 -- March 30
IC Insights raises worldwide 2010 IC market growth forecast to +27% -- March 8
Top 10 forecast to account for 66% of capital expenditures in 2010 -- February 23
Portable PCs push past desktops -- February 18
10 reasons to be optimistic about the IC industry in 2010 -- February 4

RECENT NEWS QUOTES
(Trade publication, magazine, and web articles in which IC Insights has been quoted)
April 2010
Optoelectronics, sensors, discretes to outpace ICs in next five years (read online)
Electronics News - April 7
Sales of optoelectronics, sensors, discretes to hit record (read online)
Semiconductor International - April 5
Record sales seen for optoelectronics, sensors, discretes (read online)
EE Times - April 2

March 2010
Previsioni di crescite discordanti per i chip
EO News - Marzo 2010
Still Rambus, but less rambunctious (read online)
EE Times - March 29 - By Junko Yoshida
Semiconductor industry growing fast (read online)
East Valley Tribune - March 19 - By Ed Taylor
Chip foundries and backend firms see order visibility extend to June (read online)
Digitimes - March 19
IC Insights' capex rankings for 2010 (read online)
EE Times - March 17 - By Mark LaPedus
3% Q1 growth will spur big semi growth year (read online)
Electronics Weekly - March 17 - By David Manners
GlobalFoundries announced ambitios capex plan for 2010 (read online)
Taiwan Economic News/CENS.com - March 16 - By Ken Liu
McClean: Semi content heading up to 27% (read online)
Semiconductor International - March 15 - By Philip Garrou (Microelectronic Consultants of NC)
GlobalFoundries plans for 2010 capex of $2.5 billion (read online)
EE Times - March 12 - By Peter Clarke
Ralink and TrendChip enter into merger agreement (read online)
Digitimes - March 12
Samsung to produce DDR3 DRAM using 30nm-class technology (read online)
Purchasing - March 11 - By James Carbone
IC Insights raises chip market forecast for 2010 (read online)
Digitimes - March 10
IC Insights ups ww IC market forecast to 27% (read online)
EDN/Electronic News - March 9 - By Ann Steffora Mutschler
IC business is looking up (read online)
EE Times - March 9 - By Mark LaPedus
IC Insights revises semiconductor forecast: Market could top 2007 record revenue (read online)
Semiconductor Fabtech - March 9 - By Mark Osborne
IC Insights 'conservative' forecast is 27% growth for ICs this year (read online)
Electronics Weekly - March 9 - By David Manners
IC Insights boosts 2010 chip growth forecast to 27% (read online)
EE Times - March 8 - By Dylan McGrath
Expect 20% plus growth rates in 2010 as SIA reports 0.3% rise in January IC revenue figures (read online)
Semiconductor Fabtech - March 1 - By Mark Osborne

February 2010
Samsung will lead chipmakers in capital spending (read online)
Purchasing - February 26 - By Jim Carbone
IC Insights: Top 10 to spend aggressively in 2010 (read online)
Semiconductor International - February 24
Samsung will top world IC capex spend this year (read online)
Electronics Weekly - February 24 - By David Manners
Top-10 spenders to represent 66% of capital outlay in chip industry (read online)
DigiTimes - February 24 - By Jessie Shen
Portable-PC shipments outpace desktops (read online)
The Arizona Republic - February 21 - By Andrew Johnson
Where the boom never busts (read online)
IrishTimes.com - February 12 - By Karlin Lillington
I'm a (pricier) PC (read online)
Newsweek - February 11 - By Jessica Ramirez
Expect lower average prices for digital signal processors in 2010 (read online)
Purchasing - February 11 - By Jim Carbone
High-tech push is here to stay in auto industry (read online)
MarketWatch - February 10
Hynix, Samsung push NAND flash below 30-nm (read online)
EE Times - February 9 - By Peter Clarke
Expect double-digit growth for semiconductors (read online)
Purchasing - February 8 - By Jim Carbone
Market Analysis: An analyst's 10 reasons to be cheerful (read online)
EE Times/Embedded.com - February 8 - By Peter Clarke
Double-digit growth returning for many IC products, including DRAM, 32-bit MCUs (read online)
EDN/Electronic News - February 4 - By Suzanne Deffree
DRAM leads top ten IC growth sectors for 2010, says analyst (read online)
EE Times - February 4 - By Peter Clarke
SMIC appoints former Chartered executive as new COO (read online)
DigiTimes - February 1 - By Claire Sung

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