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In its final 2007 semiconductor sales roundup, Gartner said that
worldwide revenues totaled $273.9 billion in 2007, a 3.8 per cent
increase from 2006. Its Top 10 vendors list showed that Intel grew
revenue more than twice as fast as the semiconductor market average
with revenues of $33.8 billion in 2007, compared to $30.5 billion in
2006 - a 10.7 percent increase.
However, the biggest gain came from Toshiba with revenue increasing
20.8 per cent in 2007 to $11.8 billion. This meant that Toshiba moved
up the rankings from sixth to third, displacing Texas Instruments along
the way. According to Gartner, TI saw a 1.8 percent decline in revenues
in 2007 and dropped to fourth position in Gartner’s rankings.
The
other big gainer in 2007 was Hynix, which saw revenues increase by 13.7
percent from 2006 to 2007. Six companies in the Top 10 saw revenues
increase in 2007, which included Intel, Samsung, Toshiba,
STMicroelectronics, Hynix and Renesas.
AMD’s revenues declined
the most in 2007. The 20.9 percent decline outstripped declines from
Infineon/Qimonda of 3.2 percent and 0.1 percent by NXP.
Interestingly,
Gartner pointed the finger directly at Hynix for the steep average
selling price declines in DRAM seen in 2007 as it said Hynix had been
the most aggressive at adding capacity.
On a market share basis, Intel was the clear leader, holding on to 12.3 percent of worldwide semiconductor market in 2007.
