Gartner: Mobile device boom drives semiconductor sales

Fleur Doidge
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First year where revenues from mobile devices exceeded PCs and notebooks, analyst claims

Gartner has recorded a 16.2 per cent expansion in the global semiconductor foundry market to $34.6bn (£22.6bn) in 2012 year on year – driven by mobile device demand for the first time. Sam Wang,...

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