Special supplement: Continuing strong integrated circuit sales seen for China

Despite a possible slowdown in the global market, research firms say China's integrated circuit (IC) market will continue robust growth in 2008.

According to a report from research firm iSuppli, turnover of China's IC market will reach $58 billion this year, an increase of 12 percent over 2007.

The research firm attributes the growth to dynamic demand for China's industrial control capacity, safety and monitoring, especially from the auto sector.