The semiconductor industry is basically recovering in 2012

It is understood that the semiconductor industry executives have recently expressed their position, as the business inventory is showing signs of decline, the semiconductor industry may usher in the first ray of recovery.

Due to the economic downturn, European consumers’ demand for electronic products was relatively weak, causing the semiconductor industry to fall into a recession.

At the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media and Telecommunication Conference in Barcelona, ​​Spain, Warren East, the UK chip designer's ARM CEO, said on Thursday that many ARM-licensing companies have more inventory than the previous quarter. much better.

Equally optimistic is Carlo Bozotti, CEO of French chip maker STMicroelectronics, who told investors that he expects the company to reach its normal sales levels in the second quarter of 2012.

According to a survey by global technology research and consulting firm Gartner, the negative impact of inventory on the semiconductor industry will continue at least until the end of the year, but demand growth will occur in 2012.

Microchip, a US supplier of microcontrollers and analog semiconductors, announced its third quarter results earlier this month that the fourth quarter of 2011 will be the bottom of the industry's cycle.

The industry believes that consumer demand for smart phones will help the semiconductor industry recover.

ARM CEO Istrian said that he expects smart phones to have significant growth in 2012, but also acknowledged that the recovery of the semiconductor industry will be affected by the economic situation.

Tudor Brown, president of ARM, said in Taipei that he expects the semiconductor industry to achieve single-digit growth in 2012.

Market research firm IHS iSuppli lowered its 2011 global semiconductor market growth forecast to 1.2% from 2.9% in the previous month on Thursday.

IHS iSuppli said that the depressed economy will continue to affect the outlook of the semiconductor industry in 2012. It is expected that the strong growth of the industry will occur in 2013, but it also acknowledges that the semiconductor market has the possibility of bottoming out.