Worldwide Top 20 Semiconductor Market Share Ranking Year by Year
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This article presents the Worldwide TOP 20 Semiconductor Sales Leaders over the years.
We distinguish 3 types of companies :
- The chip makers who design and manufacture their chips (like Intel).
- The fabless companies who design and sell their chips but outsource the manufacturing to foundry companies (like ATI Technologies or Xilinx)
- The foundry companies who manufacture the chips designed and sold by their customers.
[Gartner Dataquest Corp.] has the longest history as the reference publisher of this ranking and offers independent syndicated research. Alternative souces of semiconductor sales market share have also become available (for example the one given by [iSuppli]. In the majority of cases, rankings are based on the analysis of the financial reports of the chip makers, although definitional issues regarding chip types, multichip modules, foundry manufacturing and chip license revenues create differences in reported numbers. The ranking for a given year is published in march of the next year when all the financial reports of the companies are closed. Many electronics press magazines report the information (like [eetimes]). This article has been written with the help of these publications.
Contents
- 1 '''Ranking for year 2005'''
- 2 '''Ranking for year 2004'''
- 3 '''Ranking for year 2003'''
- 4 '''Ranking for year 2002'''
- 5 '''Ranking for year 2001'''
- 6 '''Ranking for year 2000'''
- 7 '''Ranking for year 1999'''
- 8 '''Ranking for year 1998'''
- 9 '''Ranking for year 1997'''
- 10 '''Ranking for year 1996'''
- 11 '''Ranking for year 1995'''
- 12 '''Ranking for year 1994'''
- 13 '''Ranking for year 1993'''
- 14 '''Ranking for year 1992'''
- 15 '''Ranking for year 1991'''
- 16 '''Ranking for year 1990'''
- 17 '''Ranking for year 1989'''
- 18 '''Ranking for year 1988'''
- 19 '''Ranking for year 1987'''
Ranking for year 2005
Source : [iSuppli] (foundries excluded)
| Rank 2005 | Rank 2004 | Company | Country of origin | Revenue (Million$ USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Intel | US | 35 466 |
| 2 | 2 | Samsung Semiconductors | South Korea | 17 210 |
| 3 | 3 | Texas Instruments | US | 10 745 |
| 4 | 7 | Toshiba Semiconductors | Japan | 9 077 |
| 5 | 6 | STMicroelectronics | France-Italy | 8 881 |
| 6 | 4 | Infineon (spin-off from Siemens Semiconductors) | Germany | 8 266 |
| 7 | 5 | Renesas (merger of Mitsubishi and Hitachi Semiconductors) | Japan | 8 310 |
| 8 | 8 | NEC Semiconductors | Japan | 5 710 |
| 9 | 9 | Philips Semiconductors | Netherlands | 5 646 |
| 10 | 10 | Freescale (spin-off from Motorola Semiconductors) | US | 5 598 |
| 11 | 14 | Hynix | South Korea | 5 560 |
| 12 | 13 | Micron Technology | US | 4 775 |
| 13 | 15 | Sony Semiconductors | Japan | 4 574 |
| 14 | 12 | Matsushita Semiconductors (Panasonic) | Japan | 4 131 |
| 15 | 11 | AMD (1) | US | 3 917 |
| 16 | 17 | Qualcomm (3) (fabless) | US | 3 457 |
| 17 | 16 | Sharp Semiconductors | Japan | 3 266 |
| 18 | 19 | Rohm | Japan | 2 909 |
| 19 | 20 | IBM Microelectronics (2) | US | 2 792 |
| 20 | 22 | Broadcom (3) (fabless) | US | 2 671 |
| Other Companies | 84 191 | |||
| Total Revenue | 237 139 | |||
Including foundry companies, we should add :
Notes :
- (1) : In 2005, the two companies AMD and Fujitsu sold their stake in their joint-venture company Spansion previously controlled by AMD. With combined revenues of $5.97 billion in 2005, AMD/Spansion would have jumped to number eight in the rankings if AMD had not spun off its Spansion flash-memory division. Following the split, AMD was ranked at 15th and Spansion at 24th in 2005. With a total revenue of 5.970 Md$ in 2005, AMD/Spansion would point at the 8th rank.
- (2) : The foundry activities of IBM are excluded from this revenue.
- (3) : The Top 5 of the largest fabless companies are :
| Rank 2005 | Company | Country of origin | Revenue (Million$ USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qualcomm | US | 3 457 |
| 2 | Broadcom | US | 2 671 |
| 3 | nVidia | US | 2 079 |
| 4 | ATI Technologies | Canada | 2 028 |
| 5 | Xilinx | US | 1 645 |
Ranking for year 2004
Source [iSuppli] (foundries excluded)
Notes :>
Rank 2004 Rank 2003 Company Country of origin Revenue
(Million$ USD)1 1 Intel US 31 346 2 2 Samsung Semiconductors South Korea 15 759 3 4 Texas Instruments US 10 745 4 7 Infineon (spin-off from Siemens Semiconductors) Germany 9 180 5 3 Renesas (merger of Mitsubishi and Hitachi Semiconductors) Japan 9 000 6 6 STMicroelectronics France-Italy 8 760 7 5 Toshiba Semiconductors Japan 8 752 8 8 NEC Semiconductors Japan 8 752 9 10 Philips Semiconductors Netherlands 5 692 10 9 Freescale (ex Motorola Semiconductors) US 5 519 11 12 AMD/Spansion US 5 108 12 13 Sony Semiconductors Japan 4 794 13 11 Matsushita Semiconductors Japan 4 669 14 14 Micron Technology US 4 649 15 16 Hynix South Korea 4 606 16 15 Sharp Semiconductors Japan 3 488 17 19 Qualcomm (fabless) US 3 211 18 17 Fujitsu Semiconductors Japan 2 840 19 20 Rohm Japan 2 824 20 18 IBM Microelectronics (1) US 2 503 Other Companies 77 715 Total Revenue 227 246
- (1) : The foundry activities of IBM are excluded from this revenue.
Ranking for year 2003
Source [iSuppli] (foundries excluded)
Notes :>
Rank 2003 Rank 2002 Company Country of origin Revenue
(Million$ USD)1 1 Intel US 27 036 2 2 Samsung Semiconductors South Korea 9 675 3 Renesas (1) Japan 7 971 4 3 Texas Instruments US 7 850 5 4 Toshiba Semiconductors Japan 7 571 6 5 STMicroelectronics France-Italy 7 238 7 6 Infineon (spin-off from Siemens Semiconductors) Germany 7 109 8 7 NEC Semiconductors Japan 5 250 9 8 Freescale (2) US 4 629 10 9 Philips Semiconductors Netherlands 4 512 11 12 Matsushita Semiconductors Japan 4 016 12 17 AMD/Spansion (4) US 3 939 13 16 Sony Semiconductors Japan 3 508 14 14 Micron Technology US 3 418 15 20 Sharp Semiconductors Japan 3 075 16 18 Hynix South Korea 3 071 17 13 Fujitsu Semiconductors Japan 2 650 18 15 IBM Microelectronics (3) US 2 515 19 23 Qualcomm (5) (fabless) US 2 398 20 19 Rohm Japan 2 398 Other Companies 61 408 Total Revenue 181 760
- (1) : In 2002, the semiconductor operations of the two Japanese parent companies, Mitsubishi and Hitachi were spun off and merged to form a new separate legal entity named Renesas.
- (2) : In 2003, the semiconductor operations of the parent company, Motorola were spun off to form a new separate legal entity named Freescale.
- (3) : The foundry activities of IBM are excluded from this revenue.
- (4) : In 2003, AMD and Fujitsu created a joint-venture company named Spansion, which gathers their activities in flash memories. Because AMD owns 60% of the company, its revenue is assigned to AMD in the ranking.
- (5) : The Top 5 of the largest fabless companies are :
| Rank 2003 | Company | Country of origin | Revenue (Million$ USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qualcomm | US | 2 398 |
| 2 | nVidia | US | 1 716 |
| 3 | Broadcom | US | 1 610 |
| 4 | ATI Technologies | Canada | 1 401 |
| 5 | Xilinx | US | 1 300 |
Ranking for year 2002
Source [iSuppli] (foundries excluded)
Notes :>
Rank 2002 Rank 2001 Company Country of origin Revenue
(Million$ USD)1 1 Intel US 23 700 2 5 Samsung Semiconductors South Korea 8 750 3 3 Toshiba Semiconductors Japan 6 420 4 2 STMicroelectronics France-Italy 6 380 5 4 Texas Instruments US 6 350 6 8 Infineon (spin-off from Siemens Semiconductors) Germany 5 370 7 7 NEC Semiconductors Japan 5 320 8 6 Motorola Semiconductors US 4 810 9 9 Philips Semiconductors Netherlands 4 360 10 12 Hitachi Semiconductors Japan 4 210 11 11 Mitsubishi Semiconductors Japan 3 540 12 16 Matsushita Semiconductors Japan 3 280 13 13 Fujitsu Semiconductors Japan 3 130 14 18 Micron Technology US 2 870 15 14 IBM Microelectronics (1) US 2 810 16 17 Sony Semiconductors Japan 2 790 17 10 AMD US 2 660 18 19 Hynix South Korea 2 390 19 20 Rohm Japan 2 390 20 22 Sharp Semiconductors Japan 2 270 Other Companies Total Revenue 156 360
- (1) : The foundry activities of IBM are excluded from this revenue.
Ranking for year 2001
Source [iSuppli] (foundries excluded)
Notes :>
Rank 2001 Rank 2000 Company Country of origin Revenue
(Million$ USD)1 1 Intel US 23 540 2 6 STMicroelectronics France-Italy 6 360 3 2 Toshiba Semiconductors Japan 6 070 4 3 Texas Instruments US 6 050 5 4 Samsung Semiconductors South Korea 5 240 6 7 Motorola Semiconductors US 4 830 7 5 NEC Semiconductors Japan 4 800 8 8 Infineon (spin-off from Siemens Semiconductors) Germany 4 560 9 9 Philips Semiconductors Netherlands 4 410 10 16 AMD US 3 890 11 11 Mitsubishi Semiconductors Japan 3 870 12 12 Hitachi Semiconductors Japan 3 750 13 15 Fujitsu Semiconductors Japan 3 730 14 18 IBM Microelectronics (1) US 3 560 15 13 Agere (2) US 3 140 16 17 Matsushita Semiconductors Japan 3 010 17 20 Sony Semiconductors Japan 2 730 18 10 Micron Technology US 2 450 19 14 Hynix South Korea 2 370 20 23 Rohm Japan 2 210 Other Companies Total Revenue 150 470
- (1) : The foundry activities of IBM are excluded from this revenue.
- (2) : In 2000, the semiconductor operations of parent company, Lucent Technologies were spun off to form a new separate legal entity named Agere.
Ranking for year 2000
Source [iSuppli] (foundries excluded)
Notes :>
Rank 2000 Rank 1999 Company Country of origin Revenue
(Million$ USD)1 1 Intel US 30 210 2 Toshiba Semiconductors Japan 10 430 3 Texas Instruments US 9 200 4 Samsung Semiconductors South Korea 8 940 5 NEC Semiconductors Japan 8 200 6 STMicroelectronics France-Italy 7 890 7 Motorola Semiconductors US 7 710 8 Infineon (spin-off from Siemens Semiconductors) Germany 6 740 9 Philips Semiconductors Netherlands 6 270 10 Micron Technology US 6 260 11 Mitsubishi Semiconductors Japan 5 790 12 Hitachi Semiconductors Japan 5 690 13 Agere (2) US 5 100 14 Hynix South Korea 5 100 15 Fujitsu Semiconductors Japan 5 010 16 AMD US 4 380 17 Matsushita Semiconductors Japan 4 330 18 IBM Microelectronics (1) US 3 990 19 Sharp Semiconductors Japan 3 330 20 Sony Semiconductors Japan 3 290 Other Companies Total Revenue 220 460
- (1) : The foundry activities of IBM are excluded from this revenue.
- (2) : In 2000, the semiconductor operations of parent company, Lucent Technologies were spun off to form a new separate legal entity named Agere.
Ranking for year 1999
Source [Gartner Dataquest Corp.]
Notes :>
Rank 1999 Rank 1998 Company Country of origin Revenue
(Million$ USD)1 1 Intel US 26 806 2 2 NEC Semiconductors Japan 9 210 3 4 Toshiba Semiconductors Japan 7 618 4 7 Samsung Semiconductors South Korea 7 125 5 5 Texas Instruments US 7 120 6 3 Motorola Semiconductors US 6 394 7 6 Hitachi Semiconductors Japan 5 554 8 11 Infineon (1) Germany 5 223 9 9 STMicroelectronics France-Italy 5 077 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Other Companies Total Revenue 169 100
- (1) : In April 1999, the semiconductor operations of parent company, Siemens AG. were spun off to form a new separate legal entity named Infineon.
Ranking for year 1998
Source [Gartner Dataquest Corp.]
Notes :
- (1) : In 1998, following the withdrawal of Thomson SA., the company SGS-Thomson has been renamed into STMicroelectronics.
Ranking for year 1997
Source [Gartner Dataquest Corp.]
Ranking for year 1996
Source [Gartner Dataquest Corp.]
Notes :
- (1) : Lucent Technologies is composed of what was formerly AT&T Technologies, which included Western Electric and Bell Labs. It was spun-off from AT&T in 1996.
Ranking for year 1995
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Ranking for year 1994
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Ranking for year 1993
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Ranking for year 1992
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Ranking for year 1991
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Ranking for year 1990
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Ranking for year 1989
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Ranking for year 1988
Source [Gartner Dataquest Corp.]
Ranking for year 1987
Source [Gartner Dataquest Corp.]
Notes :
- (1) : In June 1987, SGS-Thomson was formed from the merger of the Italian company SGS Microelettronica (Società Generale Semiconduttori) and the semiconductor arm of the French company, Thomson.
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