Thursday, December 9, 2004
Samsung Electronics, the world’s largest memory chipmaker, is expected to post the fastest revenue growth rate among the world’s 25 major semiconductor manufacturers this year.
According to California-based electronics market research firm iSuppli Corp., Samsung Electronics’ semiconductor sales, including both memory and non-memory chips, are forecast to grow by 56.1 percent to $15.1 billion this year. iSuppli Corp. said the Korean electronics giant chalked up $9.68 billion in sales last year.
Samsung Electronics will consolidate its No. 2 position in the global semiconductor market _ both memory and non-memory chips _ this year with 6.7 percent market share.
Samsung Electronics Monday said its annual semiconductor sales are expected to hit a record high this year, growing by some 60 percent from last year’s $10.5 billion.
Intel Corp., the world’s largest microchip supplier, is forecast to reap $31.1 billion in chip sales this year, up 15.1 percent from the previous year. Intel will still command 13.7 percent of the world semiconductor market this year, despite its slower sales growth rate compared with Samsung’s.
Hynix Semiconductor, which ranked 15th with a 2 percent market share in iSuppli’s preliminary tally this year, also stands out among the top 25 chipmakers. iSuppli predicts that the projected annual revenue of Hynix would shoot up by 50.1 percent to $4.61 billion by year’s end, climbing up one rank from last year’s 16th place.
In the preliminary tally, Texas Instruments of the U.S., propelled by strong sales of its chips for mobile phones, rose one rank to become the third-largest supplier of semiconductors, while Germany's Infineon Technologies AG jumped three notches to fourth place from last year’s 7th place.
On the other hand, despite double-digit sales growth rates, Renesas Technology Corp. and Toshiba of Japan were pushed down to fifth and sixth positions, respectively, from third and fifth places last year.
iSuppli projected that despite a marked slowdown in semiconductor revenue growth as the industry entered the fourth quarter, of the 92 worldwide semiconductor suppliers, 83 are expected to achieve positive annual revenue growth this year, 51 of which will see revenue gains in excess of 20 percent.
By: DocMemory
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