市场调研机构Gartner公司最近发布报告,称由于受到美国经济低迷和DRAM芯片市场拖累,预计2008年全球半导体厂商支出将下降19.8%,达475亿美元。Gartner公司负责半导体制造业务调查的副总裁Klaus Rinnen表示,“原来所预测的DRAM芯片的投资泡沫终于破裂了,大多数厂商选择了从紧的投 Market research firm Gartner recently released a report saying that due to the economic downturn in the United States and the drag on the DRAM chip market, global semiconductor manufacturers are expected in 2008 spending will drop 19.8% to 47.5 billion US dollars. Klaus Rinnen, vice president of Gartner’s semiconductor manufacturing business survey, said that "the previously projected bubble in the DRAM chip has finally broken, and most vendors have opted for a tight vote