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Mid-Year Global Semiconductor Sales Up 20.4%

by Andrew Fenn

The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) has announced worldwide sales of semiconductors reached $117.9 billion during the second quarter of 2018, an increase of 6% over the previous quarter and 20.5% more than the second …

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IHS: Global Semiconductor Industry Reached $115.8 Billion in 2018 Q1

by Andrew Fenn

Global semiconductor industry revenue declined 3.4% in the first quarter of 2018, falling to $115.8 billion. Industry performance was negatively affected by declining sales and first-quarter seasonality in the wireless communications market. Other sectors, …

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Applied Materials Helps to Sustain Moores Law

by Bob Raikes

We don’t normally report on general technical developments in the semiconductor business, displays keep us more than fully occupied. (I mis-typed that as fooly which might be accurate!). However, we spotted that Applied Materials …

SIA: Global Semiconductor Sales Up 20% in 2018 Q1

by Andrew Fenn

The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) has announced worldwide sales of semiconductors reached $111.1 billion during the first quarter of 2018, an increase of 20% compared to the first quarter of 2017, but 2.5% less …

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TSMC Continues to Dominate the Worldwide Foundry Market

by Andrew Fenn

In 2017, the top eight major foundry leaders held 88% of the $62.3 billion worldwide foundry market, according to IC Insights. The 2017 share was the same level as in 2016 and one point …

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Gartner: Global Semiconductor Revenue Grew 21.6% in 2017

by Andrew Fenn

Driven by strong growth in the memory market, worldwide semiconductor revenue totaled $420.4 billion in 2017, a 21.6% increase from 2016 revenue of $345.9 billion, according to final results by Gartner. Research director George …

IHS: Global Semiconductor Industry Topped $429 Billion in 2017

by Andrew Fenn

The semiconductor industry closed out 2017 in blockbuster fashion, posting its highest year-on-year growth in 14 years. Global semiconductor revenue grew 21.7%, reaching $429.1 billion in 2017, according to IHS Markit. Recording year-on-year growth …

SIA: Global Semiconductor Sales Increased by 21.6% in 2017

by Andrew Fenn

The SIA has announced the global semiconductor industry posted sales totalling $412.2 billion in 2017, the industry’s highest-ever annual sales and an increase of 21.6% compared to 2016. Global sales for the month of …

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Gartner: The Top 10 Global Semiconductor Customers in 2017

by Andrew Fenn

Samsung Electronics and Apple remained the top two semiconductor chip buyers in 2017, representing 19.5% of the total worldwide market, according to Gartner. Samsung and Apple together consumed $81.8 billion of semiconductors in 2017, …

Gartner: Worldwide Semiconductor Revenue Forecast to Grow

by Andrew Fenn

Worldwide semiconductor revenue is forecast to total $451 billion in 2018, an increase of 7.5% from $419 billion in 2017, according to Gartner. This represents a near doubling of its analysts’ previous estimate of …

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Chinese Fabless Semi Cos Growing Well

by Bob Raikes

Taiwan analyst, TrendForce said that the IC design industry in China would achieve revenues of RMB 200.6 billion in 2017 ($30.3 billion), a yearly growth of 22% and 2018 is expected to see 20% …

Marvell to Buy Cavium

by Bob Raikes

Marvell has agreed to buy fellow chip maker, Cavium, which specialises in chips that are used in HDD controllers, network devices and data processing systems. The companies will have a combined revenue of $3.4 …