Judging from the top 30 chip makers in 2002, it was another year to forget (see below for table). iSuppli's Market Intelligence group predicts that worldwide semiconductor sales will hit $155.35 billion in 2002, a mere 1.5% increase over 2001.

While far better than the 31.9% plunge in 2001, the scant sales growth in 2002 means that the companies able to eke out even single-digit revenue gains for the year, according to the El Segundo-based market research firm.

The Asia-Pacific region is projected to be the largest IC producer, with sales of $55.7 billion in 2002, up 25% over 2001. The Americas remains second with projected sales of $39.6 billion in 2002, down 8.1% over 2001.

Japan remains in third place with $32.7 billion in sales, down 6.7% in 2001. And Europe is in fourth with $27.3 billion in sales, down 9.9% over 2001.

Top 30 Chip Suppliers in 2002

2002 rank	2001 rank	Supplier	2002 sales	2001 sales	% change
1	1	Intel	$23.47 billion	$23.54 billion	-0.3%
2	4	Samsung	$9.18 billion	$6.14 billion	49.5%
3	3	STMicro	$6.31 billion	$6.36 billion	-0.9%
4	5	TI	$6.20 billion	$6.05 billion	2.5%
5	2	Toshiba	$6.19 billion	$6.54 billion	-5.5%
6	8	Infineon	$5.36 billion	$4.56 billion	17.5%
7	6	NEC	$5.26 billion	$5.30 billion	-0.8%
8	7	Motorola	$4.73 billion	$4.83 billion	-2.0%
9	9	Philips	$4.36 billion	$4.41 billion	-1.1%
10	10	Hitachi	$4.05 billion	$4.24 billion	-4.6%
11	11	Mitsubishi	$3.62 billion	$3.87 billion	-6.4%
12	14	IBM	$3.39 billion	$3.56 billion	-4.7%
13	16	Matsushita	$3.28 billion	$3.01 billion	9.1%
14	13	Fujitsu	$3.24 billion	$3.73 billion	-13.3%
15	18	Micron	$3.22 billion	$2.45 billion	31.2%
16	12	AMD	$2.61 billion	$3.79 billion	-31.2%
17	19	Hynix	$2.57 billion	$2.34 billion	8.3%
18	17	Sony	$2.50 billion	$2.47 billion	1.1%
19	21	Rohm	$2.39 billion	$2.21 billion	8.3%
20	20	Sharp	$2.36 billion	$3.36 billion	0%
21	22	Sanyo	$2.10 billion	$2.03 billion	3.6%
22	15	Agere	$2.03 billion	$3.14 billion	-35.5%
23	23	Analog Devices	$1.94 billion	$1.93 billion	0.6%
24	28	Qualcomm	$1.85 billion	$1.39 billion	32.8%
25	30	nVidia	$1.80 billion	$1.29 billion	39.6%
26	24	Agilent	$1.60 billion	$1.53 billion	-3.2%
27	26	National	$1.57 billion	$1.51 billion	4.1%
28	25	LSI Logic	$1.51 billion	$1.56 billion	-3.5%
29	29	Fairchild	$1.35 billion	$1.34 billion	1.1%
30	27	Atmel	$1.21 billion	$1.48 billion	-18.5%
--	--	Other suppliers	$34.14 billion	$33.95 billion	-0.6%
--	--	TOTAL	$155.35 billion	$153.06 billion	1.5%
Source: iSuppli Corp.