According to latest news, the U.S. Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) released a report Monday,affected by natural disasters, economic weakness, in 2011 the global chip sales increased by only 0.4%. SIA said global chip revenue is $ 299.5 billion last year, higher than the $ 298.3 billion in 2010; at the fourth quarter of last year, the global chip revenue is $ 71.5 billion, down 5.3 percent; revenue is $ 23.8 billion in December last year, reduced by 5.5%.Trapped in Japan, Thailand, natural disasters, as well as the overall impact of weak global economy ,in 2011 global semiconductor industry suffered a number of major challenges, "said by president of SIA, Brian Tuha (BrianToohey)," Despite these setback , but the industry shows its flexibility to achieve an increase of revenue to break the record. "SIA expects that driven by a number demand growth of market, this year the semiconductor industry will further recovery. The world's largest microprocessor maker, Intel (microblogging) shares closed two cents lower to close at $ 26.72, AMD shares fell 16 cents to $ 6.92.