Despite the overall decline there were, compared to May, areas of growth in Europe. This is true in particular for MOS MCU units and for the MOS DSP product categories. In addition, the memory market showed good growth.
Looking at application-specific chips, sales of semiconductor devices designed to be used in automotive, wired communication and consumer applications performed particularly well in June.
On Euro basis, semiconductor sales in Europe were at €2.556bn in June 2015, down 2.9% from May. Looking at YOY growth, Euro-Dollar exchange rates have still a significant impact on the sales picture. On US Dollar basis, sales in Europe declined by 11.5%, whereas on Euro basis sales increased by 9.8%.