We expect sequential quarterly revenue growth to have returned in the first quarter of 2006, after hitting a low point in the fourth quarter of 2005.
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The current increase in ATE sales is primarily being driven by increasing capacity requirements for memory and SOC testers. Expanding demand for these semiconductor devices, coupled with the trend toward further outsourcing of test to SATS companies, is sparking the latest ATE market growth cycle.
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The majority of semiconductor manufacturers have and will continue to maintain their investment discipline and invest carefully, although some vendors will be investing strategically in 2006.
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Looking further ahead, spending will rise in the first half of 2006, but spending should flatten in the second half of the year before starting a sustainable recovery into 2008.
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