HP Top Semiconductor Consumer at $12 billion; Top 10 OEMs Accounted for $84B in 2006
The
top 10 original equipment manufacturer (OEM) firms accounted for $84
billion of the semiconductor market in 2006, representing a third of all
semiconductor consumption, according to Gartner. This is a 9% increase
from 2005 when the top 10 OEMs accounted for $77 billion of semiconductors
sales.
Worldwide semiconductor revenue totaled $261.4 billion in 2006, an 11.3% increase from 2005, according to Gartner. World Semiconductor Trade Statistics organization, which prepares the monthly data for SIA, estimates that worlwide semiconductor sales will hot $300 billion in 2008.
HP was the top semiconductor consumer with approximately $12 billion, but Nokia and Dell have closed the gap to within $0.5 billion. Top 10 are:
- HP
- Nokia
- Dell
- Samsung
- Sony
- Motorola
- Siemens
- Toshiba
- LG
- Apple
Data processing and telecommunications firms represented 75% of the total semiconductor spending by the top consumers.
Average semiconductor consumption by the top 10 firms grew from $7.7 billion in 2005 to $8.4 billion in Gartner estimates.
Additional information is available in the Gartner report "Top 10 Semiconductor Consumers, 2006 Preliminary Estimates". Later this year, Gartner Dataquest will publish an analysis of the top 50 OEM semiconductor consumers by application for 2006.
