Intel, Samsung, Micron brace for slump as chip cycle tips downward

Economic slowdown chills tech demand, leaving semiconductor inventories glutted

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Demand for a wide range of semiconductors has dropped sharply after prolonged supply shortages. (Photo by Wataru Ito)

RYOSUKE EGUCHI, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- The semiconductor boom of the past few years appears headed toward a bust amid rapidly slowing sales of devices such as personal computers and smartphones, with new U.S. restrictions on chip exports to China potentially set to worsen the pain.

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