All growth figures represent a three month rolling average. MOS MPU and memories (especially DRAM and NAND Flash memories) drove the August sales in Europe, showing steady growth compared to July. Looking at sales of application specific chips worldwide, semiconductor devices designed to be used in consumer and computer applications performed particularly well, growing by 5.8% and 1%, respectively, in August compared to the previous month.
Exchange rate effects were still visible in August when comparing market growth in Euros and in Dollars. Measured in Euros, semiconductor sales were €2.534bn in August 2015, down 0.5% compared to July and an increase of 6.3% versus the same month a year ago.