Cowan LRA model's 2010 semicon sales growth forecast estimate: How does it "stack up" against other prognosticators?

By _Pradeep's Point!

September 13, 2010

This is a continuation of my coverage of the fortunes of the global semiconductor industry. I would like to acknowledge and thank Mike Cowan, an independent semiconductor analyst and developer of the Cowan LRA model, who has provided me the latest numbers.

Cowan routinely tracks how the Cowan LRA Model sales growth forecast (each month)  compares to a wide range of other major semiconductor market watchers in order to monitor how the model’s latest monthly result “stacks up” against the competition, that is, the 14 other prognosticators he routinely monitors.

The table below summarizes the latest sales growth forecast expectations of these 14 other semiconductor industry forecasters, thus comparing Cowan’s forecast number to the rest of the crowd.

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