International Data Corp. lowered its expectations for semiconductor growth for both 2012 and 2013, citing among other factors broad economic uncertainty and soft personal-computer demand for this year’s weakness.
IDC pegged semiconductor revenue this year at $304 billion, up less than 1 percent. In July, the research firm forecast world-wide growth of 4.6 percent.
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