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INDUSTRY DATA

Semiconductor & Fabless Facts

Note: The term "Semiconductor" includes fabless and IDM companies, unless otherwise noted. GSA started tracking IDM data in 2007.

Growth of Fabless Companies Worldwide

  • Late 1980s: <50
  • 1996: ~50
  • 1999: ~500
  • 2000: ~750
  • 2001: ~850
  • 2002: ~950
  • 2003: ~1,100
  • 2004: ~1,250
  • 2005: ~1,300
  • 2006: ~1,350
  • 2007: ~1,400
  • 2008: ~1,300 (1,600 Semiconductor Companies Worldwide)
  • 2009: ~1,300 (1,550 Semiconductor Companies Worldwide)
  • 2010: ~1,200 (1,450 Semiconductor Companies Worldwide)

Geographic Dispersion of Overall Semiconductor/Fabless Companies (2010)

  • North America: ~600 Semi Companies/500 Fabless Companies
  • Europe/Middle East/Africa: ~250 Semi Companies/200 Fabless Companies
  • Asia: ~600 Semi Companies/500 Fabless Companies
  • South America: 1 Semi Company

CY 2010 Semiconductor/Fabless Revenue

Source: GSA; GSA started tracking worldwide semiconductor revenue in Q1 2007.

Top 10 Semiconductor Companies by CY 2010 Revenue

  Company Stock
Exchange
Ticker CY 2010
Revenue
(US$000)
1 Intel NASDAQ INTC $43,623,000
2 Samsung Electronics - Semi Division KSE 005930 $33,266,160*
3 Texas Instruments NYSE TXN $13,966,000
4 Toshiba Semiconductor Private Private $13,199,427
5 Renesas Electronics - Semi Division TSE 6723 $11,813,557
6 Hynix Semiconductor KSE 000660 $10,692,779*
7 STMicroelectronics NYSE STM $10,346,000
8 Sony Electronics - Semi & Component Divisions Private Private $9,211,049
9 Micron Technology NASDAQ MU $8,994,000
10 QUALCOMM - QCT Division NASDAQ QCOM $7,204,000
Source: GSA; *Consolidated sales

Top 10 Fabless Companies by CY 2010 Revenue

  Company Stock
Exchange
Ticker CY 2010
Revenue
(US$000)
1 QUALCOMM - QCT Division NASDAQ QCOM $7,204,000
2 Broadcom - Product Division NASDAQ BRCM $6,589,270
3 Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) NYSE AMD $6,494,000
4 MediaTek TSE 2454 $3,909,158*
5 Marvell Semiconductor NASDAQ MRVL $3,611,893
6 NVIDIA NASDAQ NVDA $3,543,309
7 SanDisk - OEM Division NASDAQ SNDK $2,776,800
8 LSI NYSE LSI $2,570,047
9 Xilinx NASDAQ XLNX $2,310,613
10 ST-Ericsson Private Private $2,293,000
Source: GSA;*Consolidated sales

2010 Semiconductor IPO Pricing Activity

Date Company Location Amount Priced ($US) # of Shares (M) Amount Raised ($US,$M) Underwriters Stock Exchange Ticker
Jan-10 Nuvoton Technology Taiwan N/A N/A N/A N/A TSE 4919
Mar-10 MaxLinear California, USA $14.00 6.4 $89.6 Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank, UBS Investment Bank,Thomas Weisel, Needham & Co. NYSE MXL
Apr-10 Alpha & Omega Semiconductor California, USA $18.00 5.09 $91.62 Deutsche Bank, Piper Jaffray, Thomas Weisel, Caris & Company NASDAQ AOSL
Apr-10 Rexchip Electronics Taiwan N/A N/A N/A N/A Taiwan ESM 4932
Aug-10 NXP Semiconductors Netherlands $14.00 34 $476 Credit Suisse; Goldman, Sachs & Co.; Morgan Stanley; BofA Merrill Lynch; Barclays Capital;KKR NASDAQ NXPI
Oct-10 JMicron Technology Taiwan N/A N/A N/A N/A Taiwan ESM 4925
Oct-10 Chingis Technology California, USA N/A N/A N/A N/A Taiwan ESM 3408
Nov-10 RDA Microelectronics China $9.00 7.5 $67.5 Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse, Caris & Company NASDAQ RDA
Nov-10 Inphi California, USA $12.00 6.8 $81.6 Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank Securities, Jefferies & Co., Stifel Nicolaus Weisel, Needham & Co. NYSE IPHI
Dec-10 SemiLEDs Idaho, USA $17.00 5.25 $89.25 BofA Merrill Lynch, Barclays Capital, Jefferies & Co., Canaccord Genuity, Caris & Company NASDAQ LEDS
Dec-10 MStar Semiconductor Taiwan $10.05 28 $281.4 Goldman Sachs Group, Capital Securities TSE 3697
Source: GSA; Bold indicates lead underwriter(s).

2010 Semiconductor Merger and Acquisition Activity

Source: GSA; Includes entire company M&As only, not M&As of sectors/product lines and foundry facilities.

2010 Semiconductor Funding Activity

Source: GSA

 

 

 

 

 

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