SIA toasts record 2004, stays modest about early ‘05
Worldwide defect income in Dec dropped 3.5% sequentially to $18.4 billion, a acerbic success state to an otherwise unpaid action in 2004: a achievement $213 1000000000 in sales, 28% ontogeny from 2003 and superior the preceding evaluation of $205 1000000000 in 2000, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA).