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2011 Semiconductor Chip Foundry
Revenue Semiconductor Chip Foundry Revenue & Rankings for 2010 and 2011 |
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March 30, 2012: The
worldwide semiconductor foundry market totaled US$29.8
billion in 2011, a 5.1% increase from 2010, according to
Gartner. However, without the steep depreciation of
US currency, foundry growth in 2011 would have been just
0.7%, Gartner said. "Thanks to stable media tablet and mobile phone sales, a slide of the semiconductor and foundry revenue in 2011 was prevented," said Samuel Tuan Wang, research director at Gartner. "After 40.5% growth from 2009 to 2010, the foundry market maintained relatively flat business in 2011 due to the weakness in PC production and an overall consumer demand hit, as well as a leaner inventory practice by customers that started in mid-2011." The top five foundry players accounted for almost 80% of the foundry market share. |
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Fabless customers
contributed 77.8% of the foundry business, IDMs
contributed 20.2%, and the remaining came from
system companies. By region, America's customers
generated 62.8% of the foundry revenues,
Asia/Pacific 22.2%, Europe 10% and Japan 4.9%.
"Given the aggressive capital spending by large foundries during 2010 and 2011, the oversupply of foundry capacity was inevitable," Wang continued. "The utilization rate for foundries continued to decline quarter to quarter in 2011, causing the annual average utilization rate to drop to 81% from 91% in 2010. Advanced technology for mobile applications was the driver for the growth of foundry business in 2011, and the demand is expected to remain high during the next few years."Three of the top ten saw revenues decline in 2011.
*Note: Samsung revenues do not include ASIC
business from Apple
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Gartner, compiled by Digitimes,
March 2012
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