Increased demand for sensors, analogue semiconductor devices, MOS microcontrollers, optoelectronic devices led to a solid October performance overall. Sales of application-specific chips surged as well in October. Sensors and actuators, up 4.3% from September, was the top-performing product category. All growth figures represent a three-month rolling average.
In October, exchange rate effects were slightly more visible than in September, when comparing market growth in euros and in dollars. Measured in euros, semiconductor sales were €2.529bn Euros in October 2016, up 2.3% versus the previous month and a decrease of 2.5% versus the same month a year ago.
On a worldwide basis, semiconductor sales in October 2016 were $30.453bn, up 3.4% compared to September and up 5.1% versus the same month in 2015.
