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“Info tech spending in the US is expected to grow by 8.4% to $550B. The better outlook is helped by higher spending on communications equipment, accompanying the ongoing rebound in computer & software purchases. The worldwide tech market, meanwhile, will grow by 7.7% to nearly $1.6T. Tech spending looks to have hit bottom in Q3/09. Spending on computer equipment & software will be strong this year, w/ double-digit %age growth for both.” Forrester Research. April, 2010 “Bay Area companies said they are ready to begin hiring for the first time since the Great Recession took hold. More of the region’s businesses are planning to expand their workforce than are planning layoffs, signaling a potential job market rebound.” Bay Area Council. March, 2010 “A strong 4th quarter marked by a 49% increase in mergers & acquisitions over Q4/08 has sparked some hope for 2010. Venture capital-backed companies raised $17.1B in ’09, down from $26.1B in ’08 & $61B in ’07. Corporations purchased 86 venture-backed co’s in ’09 for $7.3B” DowJones
VentureSource. January, 2010 “The effects of the current chip industry downturn will be
shorter lived than the downturn of ‘01, when industry revenue took 3 years to
return to ‘00 levels, according to a market research forecast. Databeans, Inc. predicted a
"V-shaped" recovery for semiconductors, w/ revenues rising 17% in ‘10
after falling 17% this year. Chip industry revenue in ‘09 will be just over
$200B, roughly the size of the market in ‘00.” Databeans, Inc. April, 2009 “Worldwide sales of semiconductors were $21.8B in May, 7.5% higher than the $20.3B reported for May ’07. May sales were 2.8% higher than the $21.2B reported for Apr ‘08. Year-to-date sales of $103.4B are up by 5.3% from the $98.2B reported for the 1st 5 mos of ‘07, & total semiconductor sales excluding memory products were up by 12.3% year-on-year & by 2.5% sequentially.” Semiconductor
Industry Association (SIA) June, 2008 “Worldwide
sales of semiconductors totaled $21.2B in Apr, a 5.9% boost over the year-ago
period's $20.1B. Year-to-date sales of
$82.9B are 4.3% higher than the 1st 4 mos of ‘07 when sales were
$79.5B.” Semiconductor
Industry Association (SIA) May, 2008 “Venture Capitalists invested $7.1 billion in U.S. start-ups
in Q2/07, up 3% from Q2/06. The amount
invested was spread across 977 deals, the most completed during a 3-month
period since Q3/01.” Thomson Financial PricewaterhouseCoopers National Venture Capital Assn. August, 2007 “In the third quarter of 2007, most employers plan to hire applicants than fire employees. More than a third of these managers polled said they would hire more employees, and only 5% said they would fire workers this quarter. 52% said they expect the number of full-time workers to remain unchanged & nearly half even said they would increase pay. "The survey suggests that the job market is holding up well despite the housing downturn…”, Mark Zandi, Moody's chief economist. The survey was conducted within the first 2 weeks of June & involved 2,417 hiring managers & HR professionals.” USA Today & CareerBuilder.com July, 2007 “The US semiconductor industry appears to have worked through an inventory glut that hurt 4th quarter earnings & sent shares tumbling. Analysts said they expected shares of co’s that make microchips to rise in the coming months as orders increased from customers that were using up inventory in the 4th quarter. Analysts expect chip shares to rise 10-15% in the near term. The last quarter’s results of many microchip co’s had failed to live up to their own forecasts & Wall Street expectations, but analysts said the outlook provided by most firms were more realistic. SIA expects sales of all kinds of chips (processors, memory, wireless & mobile phone chips) to grow 10% this year to $274B, gaining speed from last year’s increase of almost 9%” Reuters Semiconductor
Industry Association (SIA) February, 2007 “VCs secured $6.53B for their FUTURE investments during Q106, putting the industry on pace to boost its FUNDRAISING efforts for the 4th consecutive year. The amount represented a 21% increase from Q105.” (Emphasis added) Thomson Venture Economics & National Venture Capital Assoc. April, 2006 |