September-October - it's time to purchase semiconductors, which by the end of the year will get in the finished product. Since the end of the year is traditionally accompanied by holiday sales, purchase of components . Microchip company , dropped out of the traditional scheme. Sales and demand for components proved to be much lower than in previous years.
Especially summed China, which for some time has become the world forge consumer electronics. Demand was lower for all solutions classes , from consumer electronics to automobiles to telecommunications and other network equipment. Noticeable slowdown from Europe to Asia. All this is not encouraging, although semiconductor manufacturers continue to hope for a successful fourth and first quarters .
The reasons for the slowdown in economic growth are many. Not least among these is the poor economic situation in Europe. Last week, for example, shares of major European companies such as Infineon, STMicroelectronics and ASML dropped by 5.8%, 5.4% and 3.5%, respectively.