SIA/WST统计数据

　　元器件交易网讯 5月8日消息，据外媒报道，世界半导体贸易统计组织（WSTS）援引美国半导体产业协会（SIA）的数据显示，全球芯片销量正在持续上涨，三月销售额破纪录达261.6亿美元，较2013年平均销售额增长11.4%。

　　2014年2月达260.4亿美元，环比增长0.4%，同比增长12.1%。尽管三月增速放缓，第一季度全球芯片销售额仍创新高。

　　美洲地区销售额较去年同期增长16.1%，亚太地区增长12.9%，欧洲增长率为8%，日本为0.4%。（元器件交易网毛毛  摘译）

　　以下为原文：

　　The global chip industry rides a continuedupward trend in sales, with a three-month average record of $26.16 million inMarch or an 11.4 per cent hike over the equivalent figure in 2013, according tothe data compiled by the World Semiconductor Trade Statistics (WSTS) referencedby the United States Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA).

　　Sequentially the three-month average saleswere up 0.4 per cent from 26.04 billion in February 2014, a figure that hadbeen revised upwards from $25.87 billion. The uplift for February resulted inyear-on-year growth of 12.1 per cent in February and, in consequence a slightmoderation in the growth rate in March. Nonetheless, first quarter global chipsales were the highest ever.

　　Sales in the Americas region were up by16.1 per cent compared to last March and the Asia-Pacific region was up by 12.9per cent. Europe showed 8 per cent annual growth. In Japan, sales increased by0.4 per cent, putting all four regions into growth. The Americas and Europeanregions showed reduced growth compared with the month before while Asia-Pacificand Japan raised their growth rates.

　　Monthly data is given by the SIA as athree-month average, although the WSTS organisation tracks actual monthly data.The SIA and other regional semiconductor industry bodies opt to use averageddata because it smoothes the actual data that typically show troughs at thebeginnings of quarters and peaks at the ends of quarters.