TSMC jumps into top 10 in sales

ToshiroOC · Jan 15, 2003, 12:58 PM

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) displaced Philips to take the tenth place in 2002 semiconductor sales rankings from IC Insights. Rising from fourteenth place in 2001, TSMC in the first half of 2002 became the first Taiwanese company to make it into the top 10.

Intel maintained its lead, coming in at almost three times the size of Samsung Electronics, the number two-ranked company, and representing about one-third of the total sales of the top 10 companies in 2002, reported IC Insights.

A major re-alignment of the Japanese semiconductor industry is expected this year with the entry of Renesas Technology, a joint venture formed by Hitachi and Mitsubishi, the third and fifth-largest Japanese suppliers, respectively. The new company will begin operations with about US$8.3 billion in semiconductor sales, which would have ranked it as the third-largest semiconductor company worldwide in 2002.

Besides TSMC, the only top 10 companies to grow 10% or more in 2002 were Samsung and Infineon Technologies. Both companies took advantage of a growing DRAM market – the fastest growing IC product segment in 2002 – to help spur their 2002 IC sales increases. Sales of the top 10 semiconductor suppliers grew 7% in 2002, much better than the worldwide semiconductor market increase of only 1%, noted IC Insights. By Jane Wang, source: Digitimes

Article can be read here.

peterosesbookie · Jan 15, 2003, 05:42 PM

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Jan 15, 2003, 12:58 PM	#1
ToshiroOC Unbiased. Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 4,812 Rep Power: 0	TSMC jumps into top 10 in sales Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) displaced Philips to take the tenth place in 2002 semiconductor sales rankings from IC Insights. Rising from fourteenth place in 2001, TSMC in the first half of 2002 became the first Taiwanese company to make it into the top 10. Intel maintained its lead, coming in at almost three times the size of Samsung Electronics, the number two-ranked company, and representing about one-third of the total sales of the top 10 companies in 2002, reported IC Insights. A major re-alignment of the Japanese semiconductor industry is expected this year with the entry of Renesas Technology, a joint venture formed by Hitachi and Mitsubishi, the third and fifth-largest Japanese suppliers, respectively. The new company will begin operations with about US$8.3 billion in semiconductor sales, which would have ranked it as the third-largest semiconductor company worldwide in 2002. Besides TSMC, the only top 10 companies to grow 10% or more in 2002 were Samsung and Infineon Technologies. Both companies took advantage of a growing DRAM market – the fastest growing IC product segment in 2002 – to help spur their 2002 IC sales increases. Sales of the top 10 semiconductor suppliers grew 7% in 2002, much better than the worldwide semiconductor market increase of only 1%, noted IC Insights. By Jane Wang, source: Digitimes Article can be read here.

Jan 15, 2003, 05:42 PM	#2
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