Market research firm iSuppli said that global semiconductor inventory in a period of four consecutive quarters of decline has been lowered to an appropriate level, in order to rebuild stocks in the second half and paved the way to promote sales.

     In 2008, respectively, third and fourth quarter fell 2.2% and 6.6%, the global semiconductor manufacturers inventory in the first and second quarters of this year fell 15.1 percent, respectively, and 1.5% respectively.

     End of the second quarter, chip stock has dropped to 24.9 billion U.S. dollars, while the peak of the second quarter of last year amounted to 32.6 billion U.S. dollars.

     CarloCiriello financial analyst iSuppli said that the decline in the first half of the market demand for chip manufacturers to rapidly adjust capacity utilization, and to reduce the chip price. Other aspects of e-supply chain has also reduced inventory.

     iSuppli predicted that inventories would be moderate growth in the second half, with the global semiconductor industry revenue growth to keep pace. Global semiconductor revenue in the first quarter fell 18.8 percent, second quarter growth of 7.1 percent than the Central, the second half of the income continues to grow with Intel and other chip makers financial forecasts. According to iSupplis latest forecast of global semiconductor revenue in the third quarter and fourth quarter increased 10.4% and 4.9%.