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Globalfoundries expected to pass UMC in foundry sales
Dylan McGrath
8/21/2012 5:37 PM EDT
Samsung expected to surge again
South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. is expected to be No. 4 on the foundry sales ranking list for the second consecutive year, IC Insights said. Thanks to its position as the foundry for Apple Inc.'s A4 and A5 processors, Samsung's foundry sales are expected to surge 54 percent to $3.38 billion in 2012, IC Insights said. This lofty growth would come on the heels of 82 percent foundry sales in 2011, according to the firm. Apple is expected to account for 85 percent of Samsung's foundry sales in 2012.
Samsung, which in 2010 had foundry sales of about $1.21 billion, remains the top integrated device manufacturer (IDM) in foundry sales in 2012, IC Insights said. Samsung's 2012 foundry sales are projected to be more than eight times greater than IBM Corp., which is expected to have the second largest foundry sales among IDMs, IC Insights said.
In total, the top 12 foundries are expected to represent 89 percent of total foundry sales in 2012, including both pure-play foundries and IDMs, IC Insights said. This figure is eight points higher than 81 percent in 2009, before Samsung dramatically ramped up production for Apple, the firm said.
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Thanks to tremendous barriers to entry into the foundry business, IC Insights said it expects the top 12 foundry vendors' overall share of the business to continue to steadily rise in the future.
IC Insights is bullish on foundries in general. With the continued success of fabless companies and the continued migration of IDMs to the "fab-lite" model, the firm expects foundries to enjoy strong demand for their services over the next few years. The firm said it expects the foundry business to remain very competitive among the four leading-edge foundry suppliers—TSMC, Globalfoundries, UMC and Samsung.
South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. is expected to be No. 4 on the foundry sales ranking list for the second consecutive year, IC Insights said. Thanks to its position as the foundry for Apple Inc.'s A4 and A5 processors, Samsung's foundry sales are expected to surge 54 percent to $3.38 billion in 2012, IC Insights said. This lofty growth would come on the heels of 82 percent foundry sales in 2011, according to the firm. Apple is expected to account for 85 percent of Samsung's foundry sales in 2012.
Samsung, which in 2010 had foundry sales of about $1.21 billion, remains the top integrated device manufacturer (IDM) in foundry sales in 2012, IC Insights said. Samsung's 2012 foundry sales are projected to be more than eight times greater than IBM Corp., which is expected to have the second largest foundry sales among IDMs, IC Insights said.
In total, the top 12 foundries are expected to represent 89 percent of total foundry sales in 2012, including both pure-play foundries and IDMs, IC Insights said. This figure is eight points higher than 81 percent in 2009, before Samsung dramatically ramped up production for Apple, the firm said.
Click on image to enlarge.
Thanks to tremendous barriers to entry into the foundry business, IC Insights said it expects the top 12 foundry vendors' overall share of the business to continue to steadily rise in the future.
IC Insights is bullish on foundries in general. With the continued success of fabless companies and the continued migration of IDMs to the "fab-lite" model, the firm expects foundries to enjoy strong demand for their services over the next few years. The firm said it expects the foundry business to remain very competitive among the four leading-edge foundry suppliers—TSMC, Globalfoundries, UMC and Samsung.
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HS_SemiPro
8/21/2012 11:30 PM EDT
Global foundries has hired a lot experienced folks from around the US and abroad. Just wait a couple of years, you will see they will increase the share of US foundry market.
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SiliconAsia
8/22/2012 12:58 PM EDT
What do you want to bet? Many industry pundits are saying otherwise.
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dylan.mcgrath
8/22/2012 3:18 PM EDT
We can't condone off track betting on the EE Times Forum. :)
But what are you saying? Globalfoundries won't increase its share of the foundry market?
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SiliconAsia
8/22/2012 5:32 PM EDT
The claim has to be backed by data and data only. Their top line is heavily influenced by one company - AMD. You need to see non-AMD portion of the revenue to see whether their real foundry market share is truly growing compared to TSMC, Samsung, UMC, and SMIC.
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HS_SemiPro
8/22/2012 11:22 PM EDT
Global Foundries acquired chartered Fabs in Singapore, New Malta FAB in NY. Along with AMD Fabs, It is part of Alliance with IBM for technology development. Only reason they Opened Malta FAB is to get a share of high end foundry (32, 28 & beyond), Targeting US market. IT is right next to IBM JDA allaince and Sematech and nanotechnology Alliance in Albany NY. Global FOundry is Privately held company, i.e sitting on Cash. It can fillin void of 2nd source for lot of US fab-less companies.
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