Qualcomm, designers of the highly popular Snapdragon series of chipsets plus a wide variety of wireless tech, is the fastest-growing semiconductor company according to Gartner. The two companies at the top, Intel and Samsung, were both affected by stagnation in the market in 2012.
Intel’s revenue slipped 3.1% year over year, but the company retained its leadership position for the 21st year in a row. Market share dropped a hair to 16.4% (down from 16.5%).
Samsung’s DRAM and NAND markets took a hit, but other segments picked up and the South Korean company managed a 3.1% year over year growth.
Qualcomm jumped into third position, up from 6th, with a massive 31.8% growth in revenue. That’s 18.2% better than analysts’ expectations. The company displaced Toshiba, who ranked fifth with a revenue decline of 9.8%.
Rank 2011
|
Rank 2012
|
Vendor
|
2011 Revenue
|
2012 Revenue
|
2011-2012 Growth (%)
|
2012 Market Share (%)
|
1
|
1
|
Intel
|
50,669
|
49,089
|
-3.1
|
16.4
|
2
|
2
|
Samsung Electronics
|
27,764
|
28,622
|
3.1
|
9.5
|
6
|
3
|
Qualcomm
|
9,998
|
13,177
|
31.8
|
4.4
|
4
|
4
|
Texas Instruments
|
11,754
|
11,111
|
-5.5
|
3.7
|
3
|
5
|
Toshiba
|
11,769
|
10,610
|
-9.8
|
3.5
|
5
|
6
|
Renesas Electronics
|
10,650
|
9,152
|
-14.1
|
3.1
|
8
|
7
|
SK Hynix
|
9,388
|
8,965
|
-4.5
|
3.0
|
7
|
8
|
STMicroelectronics
|
9,635
|
8,415
|
-12.7
|
2.8
|
10
|
9
|
Broadcom
|
7,160
|
7,846
|
9.6
|
2.6
|
9
|
10
|
Micron Technology
|
7,643
|
6,917
|
-9.5
|
2.3
|
Others
|
151,343
|
146,008
|
-3.5
|
48.7
| ||
Total Market
|
307,773
|
299,912
|
-2.6
|
100.0
|
Other than Qualcomm, only NXP managed to beat analysts’ expectations by over 10%. There are several companies that performed worse than expectations by over 10% too: Freescale, STMicroelectronics and AMD.
Overall, Gartner gauged that the semiconductor industry declined 2.6% in total revenues in 2012 compared to 2011.
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