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It would be fair to say that 2009 has been one of the most dramatic
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years for the semiconductor industry. Not many would have predicted
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that the year would end with a positive view on the future, considering
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the state of the world twelve months ago. We are now entering the
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Having apparantly reached the nadir of the recent fiscal fiasco the
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outlook for 2010 is growth for almost every sector. .com
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The reality is that the industry returned to output and sales levels of a
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decade ago so incremental growth is expected for some time. With
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markets only concerned with quarterly and yearly figures most
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