Gartner (IT) Slashes FY11 Semi Sales Outlook

June 21, 2011 7:41 AM EDT
Gartner (NYSE: IT) cut its forecast for 2011 worldwide semiconductor sales growth early Monday morning.

The firm now sees unit growth falling from a previously expected 6.2 percent to a rise of 5.1 percent. Gartner sees sales totaling $315 billion.

A major factor influencing the change included the March 11th earthquake in Japan, though the event did not cause a huge disruption to the electronics industry.

Gartner forecasts worldwide application-specific standard product revenue to reach $79.7 billion in 2011 and grow to $99.4 billion by the end of 2015. The growth is due largely to Apple's (Nasdaq: AAPL) application-specific integrated circuit, which will have solid growth through 2015 as Apple continues to roll out innovative products and has a firm grip on several key electronics markets.

Two-thirds of chip sales are expected to come from smartphone and media tablets though 2013.

Stocks to watch on the news include:
  • Intel (Nasdaq: INTC);

  • TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc. (Nasdaq: TQNT);

  • Cypress Semiconductor (NYSE: CY);

  • Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (NYSE: TSM);

  • Advanced Micro (NYSE: AMD); and

  • Marvell Technology Group Ltd. (Nasdaq: MRVL).


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