SAN JOSE--Suppliers of DRAMs like Infineon, Samsung, and others are the lone bright spots this year in an otherwise flat chip market, according to the top 10 rankings for semiconductor companies in 2002. The rankings were issued by Dataquest Inc. here today (see below for table).
The worldwide semiconductor industry returned to positive growth in 2002, with revenue totaling $155.4 billion in 2002, a 1.4% over 2001, according to preliminary statistics by Dataquest of San Jose.
However, the industry would have suffered another year of revenue decline if not for the DRAM segment. If DRAM revenue is excluded from the total semiconductor market, worldwide semiconductor sales revenue would actually decline by 2%.
"Weak end markets continue to depress the semiconductor industry, leaving scant opportunities for growth," said analyst Richard Gordon of Dataquest. "However, some vendors with a particular product or applications focus did manage to impress in 2002; the most notable of these is Samsung, which is now second only to Intel in total semiconductor sales worldwide."
Dataquest's rankings in terms of top 10 chip makers were somewhat different than those from rival iSuppli Corp. (see Dec. 11 story ).
In both rankings, however, Intel Corp. remained the No. 1 vendor based on worldwide semiconductor revenue in 2002, despite a 3.1% revenue decline over 2001. It was the 11th straight year that Intel has held the top-ranked position.
South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. was No. 2 in both lists. Rounding out the top 10 are Toshiba, STMicroelectronics, Texas Instruments, NEC, Infineon, Motorola, Philips and Hitachi.
"Intel continues to dominate the microprocessor and NOR flash markets today, while using its ability to generate cash to invest in technologies, products and manufacturing capacity to target the mobile, portable and wireless markets of tomorrow," Gordon said.
"Samsung is the complete memory vendor, with an extensive range of products spanning DRAM, SRAM and flash memory, and a brand that allows it to command premium pricing in the marketplace," he said.
"Infineon continues to gain market share in DRAMs and has lined up an impressive array of partners in the trench capacitor camp. Its leadership in 300mm manufacturing demonstrates a commitment to remain a leading DRAM player," he added.
Top 10 Chip Suppliers in 2002
| 2002 rank |
Supplier |
2002 sales |
2001 sales |
% change |
| 1 |
Intel |
$24.15 billion |
$24.93 billion |
-3.1% |
| 2 |
Samsung |
$8.17 billion |
$6.30 billion |
29.5% |
| 3 |
Toshiba |
$6.53 billion |
$6.79 billion |
-3.7% |
| 4 |
STMicro |
$6.31 billion |
$6.36 billion |
-0.9% |
| 5 |
TI |
$6.20 billion |
$6.06 billion |
2.3% |
| 6 |
NEC |
$5.68 billion |
$5.39 billion |
5.4% |
| 7 |
Infineon |
$5.36 billion |
$4.39 billion |
22.1% |
| 8 |
Motorola |
$4.80 billion |
$4.83 billion |
-0.6% |
| 9 |
Philips |
$4.36 billion |
$4.40 billion |
-1.1% |
| 10 |
Hitachi |
$4.12 billion |
$4.72 billion |
-12.7% |
| Source: Dataquest Inc. |
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