2006 promising for IC sales.SARATOGA Saratoga, residential city (1990 pop. 28,061), Santa Clara co., W Calif., in a vineyard and orchard area, in the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mts.; inc. 1956. Wine is produced in the city; local attractions include tours of the champagne cellars. , CA -- Revenues and unit sales unit sales Sales measured in terms of physical units rather than dollars. Unit sales data are often used by financial analysts when evaluating the health of a company. of ICs worldwide in 2005 grew 7.8% and 10.6%, respectively, and 2006 is expected to be even more robust, said Advanced Forecasting, a semiconductor forecasting firm. "Our forecast showed an upward turning point to occur in the third quarter 2005 and another the first quarter of 2006," said Rosa Luis of AFI AFI American Film Institute AFI Awaiting Further Instructions AFI Armed Forces Insurance AFI A Fire Inside (band) AFI Air Force Instruction AFI Australian Film Institute AFI Agencia Federal de Investigación . "We expect growth in 2006 for worldwide revenues to be in double digits Double Digits was a pricing game on the American television game show, The Price Is Right. Played from April 20, 1973 through May 18, 1973's show, it was played for a car and used small prizes. ." Unit sales increased to 116 billion last year, while sales rose to $192.8 billion. Asia Pacific sales were up 18.6% to $89.4 billion. North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. sales rose 4.3% to $37.2 billion, Japan fell 4.1% to $33.1 billion and Europe dropped 0.2% to $33.1 billion. By segment, revenues of ICs for wired communications were up 38.2%, followed by computer and peripherals (up 36.5%), and consumer (21.1%).
OCT. NOV. DEC. JAN. FEB.
PMI 59.1 58.1 55.6 54.8 56.7
New orders 61.7 59.1 55.5 58.0 61.9
Production 62.0 60.6 57.8 56.6 57.4
Inventories 48.1 49.3 47.2 46.5 49.5
Customer inventories 41.0 43.5 48.0 46.0 48.5
Backlogs 55.5 53.0 49.5 53.5 54.5
Source: Institute for Supply Management, March 2006
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