Jul. 11, 2018 –
In May, the global chip market recorded its twenty-second consecutive month of year-on-year growth with a three-month average sales figure of $38.72 billion.
The Americas region continues to show strongest growth with three-month averaged sales figures for May up 31.6 percent on the equivalent averaged figure for May 2017.
The year-on-year growth rate in China and Japan strengthened to 28.5 and 14.7 percent respectively. The year-on-year growth rate in Asia-Pacific excluding Japan and China and Europe softened to 8.7 and 18.7 percent, respectively.