As far as Europe is concerned, sales declined by 1.7% to $2.72bn compared to December 2015. Nevertheless, said the group, demand in Europe remained strong for several key product categories, with steady growth seen in demand for discretes, optosensing and emitting chips, analogue devices, logic ICs and application specific devices. In terms of sectoral demand, worldwide sales of chips into the automotive industry ‘grew strongly’ compared to December, it claims.
When stated in Euros, semiconductor sales were €2.512bn in January 2016, down 0.6% versus the previous month, but 4% higher than January 2015.
