Later this month, IC Insights’ August Update to the 2013 McClean Report will show a ranking of the top 25 semiconductor suppliers in 1H13. A preview of the top 20 companies is listed in Figure 1. The top 20 worldwide semiconductor ...
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The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today announced that worldwide sales of semiconductors reached $74.65 billion during the second quarter of 2013, an increase of 6 percent from the first quarter when sales were $70.45 billion. ...
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As Intel mulls a plan to expand its contract-manufacturing operations, the company has lost ground as the world's top semiconductor company to chip suppliers benefitting from the success of mobile devices, according to a study by IC ...
Despite stronger-than-expected growth during the fourth quarter, 2012 was still a miserable year for the semiconductor market and suppliers, with only eight out of the Top 25 chipmakers managing to eke out revenue growth—but nine ...
Europe was the only region in the world to report semi sales growth between January and February. European semiconductor sales were up 1.4% in February compared to January, says WSTS. Overall, European semiconductor sales in February ...
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Seven O-S-D product categories and device groups reached record-high sales in 2012 compared to 14 new records being set in 2011, according to data shown in the 2013 edition of IC Insights’ O-S-D Report, A Market Analysis and Forecast ...
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Mike Cowan's mathematical forecasting LRA model for the semiconductor industry is saying that the market will grow 6.6% this year to $310.7 billion. Cowan reckons Q1 shipments will be $73.7 billion and Q2 will ship $75.7 billion making a ...
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Industry consolidation to just three big DRAM suppliers and a reduction in capital expenditures among these manufacturers helped propel DRAM average selling prices (ASPs) up 13% year over year in January, which contributed to a 19.9% jump ...
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Chip revenues from automotive infotainment will reach grow 3% to $6.says IHS last year they grew 4%. In the next five years they will grow to $8.54bn. The slowdown this year is due to flagging sales in the aftermarket and portable ...
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Intel's R&D spending rose 20%, while Samsung's stood at 8% during 2012 Semiconductor R&D spending has increased 7% to $53bn in 2012, despite weak a semiconductor market. The semiconductor market fell 1% to $317.6bn last year. According ...
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Renesas Electronics continues to feel the pressure from the market and is predicting a larger than expected loss for the year ending March 31, in a revised financial forecast. The Japanese chip maker now forecasts a full year loss of Yen ...
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Worldwide semiconductor sales in December were $24.7bn - up 3.8% on December 2011, says WSTS. For the year, sales were $291.6bn - down 2.7% on 2011. But European sales in December were $2.6bn - down 5.5% on December 2011. On a total ...
IDG News Service - Increased sales of electronics and new forms of computing devices will drive the worldwide semiconductor market to growth this year after a slowdown in 2012, the nonprofit organization World Semiconductor Trade Statistics ...
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The scale of global semiconductor sales in 2012 down 3% compared with 2011, to 297.6 billion dollars. Among them South Korea's Samsung Electronics purchases increased 28.9% year-on-year, reached 23.9 billion dollars to be the global sales ...
According to Japanese media reports, the most authoritative global IT research and advisory firm Gartner consulting firm (gartner) released a 2012 Global electronics manufacturers, semiconductor accessories demand survey report on January ...
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