January 2019 chip sales of $35.5 billion were down 5.7%  on the January 2018 sales figure of $37.6 billion, says the SIA, and  down 7.2% on the December total of $38.2 billion. “Global semiconductor sales got off to a slow start in 2019, as year-to-year sales decreased in January for the first time since July 2016 ...

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