Fabless - Industry Data

Semiconductor & Fabless Facts

Note: "Semiconductor" includes fabless, IDM and OSD companies. GSA started tracking IDM and OSD data in 2007.

Growth of Fabless Companies Worldwide

1999 = ~500
2000 = ~750
2001 = ~850
2002 = ~950
2003 = ~1,100
2004 = ~1,250
2005 = ~1,300
2006 = ~1,350
2007 = ~1,300
2008 = ~1,300 (1,600 Semiconductor Companies Worldwide)

Geographic Dispersion of Semiconductor/Fabless Companies (2008)

North America = ~700 Semi Companies/600 Fabless Companies
Europe = ~200 Semi Companies/150 Fabless Companies
Asia = ~650 Semi Companies/500 Fabless Companies
Middle East = ~50 Semi Companies/50 Fabless Companies

CY 2008 Semiconductor/Fabless Revenue

CY 2008 public fabless revenue totaled $51.0 billion, a decrease of 1% over 2007.
CY 2008 public fabless revenue accounted for 19.7% of the $258.6 billion semiconductor sales total.

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

Top 10 Semiconductor Companies by CY 2008 Revenue

	Company	Stock Exchange	Ticker	CY 2008 Revenue (US$000)	Y-o-Y Growth
1	Intel	NASDAQ	INTC	$37,586,000	-2.0%
2	Samsung Electronics - Semi Division	KSE	005930	$15,965,935	-26.6%
3	Toshiba Semiconductor	Private	Private	$12,579,528	-2.6%
4	Texas Instruments	NYSE	TXN	$12,501,000	-9.6%
5	STMicroelectronics	NYSE	STM	$9,842,000	-1.6%
6	Renesas Technology*	Private	Private	$7,017,000	-12.3%
7	QUALCOMM - QCT Division	NASDAQ	QCOM	$6,477,000	15.3%
8	NEC Electronics - Semi Division	TSE	6723	$6,440,000	11.7%
9	Infineon Technologies AG	FSE	IFX	$6,116,484	4.3%
10	Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)	NYSE	AMD	$5,808,000	-0.9%

Source: GSA; *Source: iSuppli

Top 10 Fabless Companies by CY 2008 Revenue

	Company	Stock Exchange	Ticker	CY 2008 Revenue (US$000)	Y-o-Y Growth
1	QUALCOMM - QCT Division	NASDAQ	QCOM	$6,477,000	15.3%
2	Broadcom	NASDAQ	BRCM	$4,658,125	23.3%
3	NVIDIA	NASDAQ	NVDA	$3,424,859	-16.4%
4	Marvell Semiconductor	NASDAQ	MRVL	$2,950,563	1.9%
5	MediaTek	TSEC	2454	$2,754,528	11.4%
6	LSI	NYSE	LSI	$2,677,077	2.8%
7	Xilinx	NASDAQ	XLNX	$1,905,930	5.4%
8	Avago Technologies	Private	Private	$1,665,000	7.1%
9	Altera	NASDAQ	ALTR	$1,367,224	8.2%
10	SanDisk - OEM Division	NASDAQ	SNDK	$1,030,300	-19.7%

Source: GSA

2008 IPO Pricing Activity

In 2008, zero semiconductor companies (fabless companies, IDMs and semiconductor suppliers) priced. For those companies that filed in 2008, only fabless company Avago Technologies still awaits pricing (all others withdrew their IPO).

2008 Merger and Acquisition Activity

Source: GSA

2008 Funding Activity

Source: GSA

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