1. BEGIN File 9 to search Business & Industry.

2. SELECT an industry name on the Title (/TI) field and truncate with a “?” for plurals.

3. Limit the search to the current year (/2007).

?B 9    

File 9:Business & Industry(R) Jul/1994-2007/Dec 11
         (c) 2007  The Gale Group

      Set  Items  Description
      ---  -----  -----------
?S SEMICONDUCTOR?/TI
      S1   14367  SEMICONDUCTOR?/TI


?s s1/2007
           14367  S1           
          194929  PY=2007       
      S2     580  S1/2007

4. RANK on the Product Name (PN) to view and select appropriate terms.

5. SELECT applicable RANK numbers.

6. The RANK list reappears. Follow the menu prompts to EXIT RANK.

7. Enter Yes (Y) to verify that you have saved the appropriate terms.

Dialog creates a temporary SearchSave for each selected term.

?. rank pn

      
Started processing RANK
        ... .
        Completed Ranking 580 records

DIALOG RANK Results
--------------------
RANK: S2/1-580   Field: PN=  File(s): 9
(Rank fields found in 578 records -- 120 unique terms) 
Page 1 of 15

RANK No.  Items  Term
--------  -----  ----
    1      531   SEMICONDUCTORS AND RELATED DEVICES
    2       57   ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS AND ACCESSORIES
    3       36   INTEGRATED CIRCUITS (ICS)
    4       33   PREPACKAGED SOFTWARE
    5       18   HOUSEHOLD AUDIO AND VIDEO EQUIPMENT AND AUDIO
    6       17   ELECTRONIC AND OTHER ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT
    7       17   MICROPROCESSORS
    8       17   OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES

P =  next page      Pn = Jump to page n
P- = previous page  M =  More Options     Exit = Leave RANK
To view records from RANK, enter VIEW followed by RANK number,
format, and item(s) to display, e.g., VIEW 2/9/ALL.

Enter desired option(s) or enter RANK number(s) to save terms.
?. 1,3,7
RANK numbers saved: 1,3,7

DIALOG RANK Results
--------------------
RANK: S2/1-580   Field: PN=  File(s): 9
(Rank fields found in 578 records -- 120 unique terms) 
Page 1 of 15

RANK No.  Items  Term
--------  -----  ----
    1      531   SEMICONDUCTORS AND RELATED DEVICES
    2       57   ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS AND ACCESSORIES
    3       36   INTEGRATED CIRCUITS (ICS)
    4       33   PREPACKAGED SOFTWARE
    5       18   HOUSEHOLD AUDIO AND VIDEO EQUIPMENT AND AUDIO
    6       17   ELECTRONIC AND OTHER ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT
    7       17   MICROPROCESSORS
    8       17   OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES

P =  next page      Pn = Jump to page n
P- = previous page  M =  More Options     Exit = Leave RANK

To view records from RANK, enter VIEW followed by RANK number,
format, and item(s) to display, e.g., VIEW 2/9/ALL.
Enter desired option(s) or enter RANK number(s) to save terms.
?.exit

RANK results will be erased; have you saved all the terms
of interest? (YES/NO)
?y

Temp SearchSave "TC149" stored
Creating temporary SearchSave ... TC149
Enter EXS to execute the SearchSave

8. EXECUTE the saved terms. Enter EXS (Execute Steps).

Set 6 (S6) contains Ranked terms you saved.

9. Now SELECT S6 and combine it with the Concept Terms (CT=) for industry forecasts OR trends.

10. Limit to a particular geographic area using Geographic Codes (GC=). EXPAND GC= to see a list of codes.

?exs

Executing TC149
              S3   33628  PN="SEMICONDUCTORS AND RELATED DEVICES"
                          (367400)
              S4    3568  PN="INTEGRATED CIRCUITS (ICS)"  (367403)
              S5    9912  PN="MICROPROCESSORS"  (367412)
              S6   44463  S3:S5

?s s6 and (CT=INDUSTRY  FORECASTS OR TRENDS)
           44463  S6
          131594  CT=INDUSTRY FORECASTS
          224270  TRENDS
      S7    4898  S6 AND (CT=INDUSTRY FORECASTS OR TRENDS)

?s s7 and gc=usa
            4898  S7
         1970668  GC=USA  (UNITED STATES)
      S8    2925  S7 AND GC=USA

11. TYPE records in Format 8 to browse titles, descriptors, word counts and publication dates.

To select the appropriate record number, look at the range of records in the TYPE command (e.g., 7/8/2).

Note: Some records have been omitted from this display.

?t s8/8/1-5
      
      8/8/1 
      DIALOG(R)File 9: Business & Industry(R)
      (c) 2007 The Gale Group. All rights reserved.
  
      04351121  Supplier Number: 172638064 (USE  FORMAT 7 OR 9 
      FOR FULLTEXT) 
  ASIC demand up, prices down in '08. 
  
      December 13, 2007 
  Word Count: 384 
  Industry Names: Electronic components; Semiconductors 
  Product Names: Semiconductors and related devices (367400) 
  Concept Terms: All market information; Industry forecasts;Sales 
  Geographic Names: North America (NOAX); United States (USA) 
  
      8/8/2 
      DIALOG(R)File 9: Business & Industry(R)
      (c) 2007 The Gale Group. All rights reserved.
  
      04351118  Supplier Number: 172638059 (USE  FORMAT 7 OR 9 
      FOR FULLTEXT) 
  Consumer electronics will drive chip industry growth in 2008. 
  
      December 13, 2007 
  Word Count: 314 
  Industry Names: Electronic components; Semiconductors 
  Product Names: Household audio and video equipment and audio 
recordings  (365000); Semiconductors and related devices (367400) 
  Concept Terms: All market information; Industry forecasts;Sales 
  Geographic Names: North America (NOAX); United States (USA) 

. . . .

12. TYPE selected records in Format 7, which gives you the Bibliographic Citation and the text.

?t s8/7/2
  8/7/2 
DIALOG(R)File 9: Business & Industry(R)
(c) 2007 The Gale Group. All rights reserved.
      
04351118  Supplier Number: 172638059 (THIS IS  THE FULLTEXT) 
Consumer electronics will drive chip industry growth in 2008. 

Purchasing , v 136 , n 15 , p 24E1 
December 13, 2007 
Word Count: 314 

TEXT:
By James Carbone
	  
Global semiconductor industry revenue will grow 7.7% annually 
through 2010 when the market will reach $321 billion, the 
Semiconductor IndustryAssociation (SIA) said in its annual 
forecast.

The new forecast projects global sales of $257.1 billion in 
2007, an increase of 3.8% over 2006 sales of $247.7 billion. 
For 2008, revenue will increase 7.7% to $276.9 billion.

Consumer electronics equipment continues to drive chip demand. 
"This year the worldwide microchip industry will produce 900 
million transistors for every man, woman, and child on earth," 
says SIA President George Scalise."The increasing proliferation 
of semiconductors into an ever-broader range of consumer 
products coupled with the emergence of large new consumer 
markets in Asia, Eastern Europe, and South America will be the 
principal drivers of industry growth for the next several 
years," says Scalise.

The SIA notes that sales of personal computers, the largest 
single market for chips, were expected to grow by 11-12% in 
2007. Handset unit shipments are forecasted to grow by 12%; 
MP3, 20% and digital TV units, 50%.

Scalise says advances in semiconductor technology have 
resulted in higher performing consumer products at a much 
lower price. "Today a typical PC sells for less than 30% of 
the price of a comparable unit in 1995, but today's model is 
100 times more powerful," says Scalise.

Through 2010, flash memory will have the highest growth rate 
of the semiconductor industry with 20% annual growth from 
$23.1 billion in 2007 to $39.7 billion in 2010 and surpass 
DRAM in terms of revenue. DRAM will post meager 1.6% annual 
growth rising from $32.4 billion in 2007 to $33.9 billion 
in 2010.

Analog ICs will grow $8.3% per year from $36.6 billion in 
2007 to $46.5 billion in 2010 and microprocessor revenue 
will rise 8.1% per year from $34.7 billion to $43.9 billion 
during the same time period. Optoelectronics will grow 7.1%; 
logic, 7.4%; and discretes, 5.6% from 2007 to 2010.

Copyright 2007 Reed Elsevier, Inc.