Two market research companies have released estimated rankings for the 2002 semiconductor market.

Two market research companies have released estimated rankings for the 2002
semiconductor market.
According to iSuppli, the top ten account for 48.3% of the market and the
No.1 spot for 15.1%. The total revenues for the year are expected to be
$1555.35bn, up 1.5% on the previous year. Of the top ten, three companies -
Samsung (No.2, +49.5% to $9.176bn), Texas Instruments (No.4, +2.5% to
$6.200bn) and Infineon Technologies (No.6, +17.5% to $5.355bn) - have
improved sales over 2001. However, Infineons "growth" includes acquisition
of Ericssons wireless semiconductor business. STMicroelectronics (No.3) is
down 0.9% at $6.305bn. The third European company, Philips Semiconductors,
lost 1.1% with sales at $4.355bn.
Gartner Dataquest put 51.6% of the market into the top ten with No.1 getting
16.3%. The total market increased 1.4% to $155.40bn. The growing companies
were No.2 Samsung (+29.5% to $8.165bn), No.5 Texas Instruments (+2.3% to
$6.200bn), No.6 NEC (+5.4% to $5.681bn) and No.7 Infineon Technologies
(+22.1% to $5.355bn). No.4 ST is down 0.9% $6.305bn. No.9 Philips
Semiconductors is down 1.1% at $4.355bn.

IC Insights is forecasting that the industry market growth driver for the
next five years will be "consumer electronics". This sector includes digital
TVs, DVD players, video game consoles, smartcards and digital cameras. The
other five major market categories are automotive, communications, computer,
industrial and government/military).
For the consumer market, the annual growth rate over 2001-2006 is set to be
12%. For the whole market, this falls to 7%.

The leading Taiwan foundries reported November sales figures. TSMC saw 31.9%
year-on-year growth to TWD11.06bn. UMCs revenues were TWD6.00bn, a 24.9%
increase on 2001.