根据Gartner公司发布的报告,2004年全球芯片销售额增长23.4%,达到2185亿美元。这一增长率低于Gartner年初预测的25.6%。该机构指出,由于电子产品库存较多,生产商2004年夏天以后减少了芯片产量,以避免重蹈2001年全行业下滑的覆辙。预计到2005 年年中之前,生产商仍将对市场保持警觉,下半年后期市场有望恢复增长势头。 According to a report released by Gartner, worldwide chip sales increased by 23.4% to $ 218.5 billion in 2004. This growth rate is lower than the 25.6% forecast at the beginning of Gartner. The agency pointed out that due to the high inventory of electronic products, manufacturers reduced their chip production after summer of 2004 to avoid repeating the same mistakes made by the whole industry in 2001. It is expected that by the middle of 2005, producers will remain vigilant in the market and the market is expected to resume growth in the latter half of next year.