Top-20 semiconductor industry in the first half of 2008
June 16, 2008, 10:55 am
The results of market research conducted by IC Insights, showed significant changes in the first twenty leading players semiconductor industry on indicators of the first half of 2008, about power, reflects the final status of market last year. The list of names, however, remained almost the same, but their sequence is significantly different. Among the companies managed to rise up on the report card of Ranks, primarily allocated Qualcomm, observed in half to demonstrate the greatest growth - 29% on the same period last year, which allowed it to rise into four stages, up to the tenth places. The third-largest supplier of semiconductors, does not have its own factories, the company Broadcom, rose to the top three positions and closed the top-20. Japanese companies Panasonic (ex-Matsushita) and NEC, supports the strengthening of the yen relative to the U. S. , also broke up three stages, taking, respectively, 18 - e and 12 - its place. At one position up shifted position TSMC, Renesas and Infineon. In the list of"losers"confident"leader"company Qimonda, for six months collapsed immediately for the 12 positions, from 18 to 30 seat. In doing so, sales volume compared with the same period last year it fell by 47% (result could be even worse if not for the strong position euros) and damages for three quarters of 2008 fiscal year reached 2, 2 billion U. S. Despite at a relatively constant level of sales from NXP, the company shifted from 10 to 14 - the first place. AMD, whose sales volume for last year`s results grew by 9%, was still"move"from 11 - and at 15 - fifth position. Eighth place company Hynix, shifted only one position, despite the fact that she had only to participants in top-20 sales fell about last year`s performance, by 23%.
