Future led industry development prospects forecast analysis
                                                                          Release time ：2009-04-04

    According to the market research company IC Insights revealed, the global recession and financial crisis of the environment, in the first quarter of 2009, before 20 global semiconductor company seating only three companies, other manufacturers didn't shake because the credit crunch and inventory problem and tottering. The company forecast next quarter, sales of semiconductor suppliers, many will see double-digit strong growth, but performance not stable state will continue, the Top 20 rankings change will be more big.

According to IC Insights data show that Intel and samsung still continued respectively 1st and the second place in the top 10, but the other suppliers rankings are changed.

In IC Insights published rankings of the Japanese Toshiba company, the first quarter chip sales revenue exceeds 20 billion dollars instead of Texas instruments company the first 3 rankings, the latter fell to fourth place. Stmicroelectronics ranked in the first quarter by the first six rose to the first five. And OEM giant TSMC ranking criterion from the first four fell first 10.

      
         In the first quarter of 2009, global top 20 semiconductor companies rankings

As the only one rank among the top ten year without a wafer foundry, qualcomm chip suppliers continue its uptrend, the fourth quarter 2008 ranking number eight in the first quarter of this year after ranked sixth rise again, leapt.

Qualcomm company in the first quarter of 2009 semiconductor business sales revenue realized 13.16 billion dollars. Facing the steady rise of momentum, IC Insights prediction, thanks to high-end phones especially smartphone products such as strong demand this year, qualcomm company will also have more superior performance.

Qualcomm company is now the world's largest wireless chip providers for high, medium and low all series of mobile terminals provide chip solutions. The end of March 2009, qualcomm company accumulated chip shipments have breakthrough 5 billion.

Market research company IC Insights says, the main customers for no wafer factory company's TSMC already had two quarters of inventory. But IC Insights points out, expected in the second quarter TSMC's sales are about 22,000 million dollars, keep 89% of sustained economic growth.

AMD in the first quarter in 2009 squeeze into the top ten, rose 3 places. But a market research company IC Insights points out, since AMD is a few second quarter sales in the first quarter sales may be lower than the chip maker, its ability to keep one of the top ten is questionable.

No wafer supplier MediaTek into top 20 rankings, rising by five. According to the figures, IC Insights Top20 MediaTek is only a supplier from fourth quarter 2008 within the company, sales growth each quarter income increasing 16%.

In the first quarter of 2009, the list of Top 20 no NXP and Nvidia. NXP in the fourth quarter of 2008 ranking for the first 15, and in the first quarter of 2009 decline in the first 21; Nvidia is from the first 20 dropped to 22nd. But IC Insights, the two companies said second-quarter sales have obvious signs, maybe then they rebound will be back on the Top 20.