On a different scale TSMC ranked as world's largest semiconductor company
Exclusive semiconductor-industry specific market researcher IC Insights has ranked pure-play semiconductor foundry TSMC as world's largest supplier of IC chips in 2nd Q of 2013, based on different set of parameters. IC insights has provided latest foundry market analysis data. Below is the release from IC Insights:
Figure 1 shows the reported IC foundry sales and “final market value” IC foundry sales as a percent of total IC industry sales from 2007-2017. The “final market value” figure is 2.22x the reported IC foundry sales number. The 2.22x multiplier estimates the IC sales amount (i.e., market value) that is eventually realized when an IC is ultimately sold to the final customer (i.e., the electronic system producer).
An example of how an IC foundry’s “final market value” sales level is determined can be made using Altera. Since a fabless company like Altera purchases PLDs from an IC foundry, and does not incorporate them into an electronic system, Altera is not considered the final end-user of these ICs. Eventually, Altera resells its IC foundry-fabricated PLDs to electronic system producers/final end-users such as Cisco or Nokia at a much higher price than it paid the IC foundry for the devices (i.e., gross margin). As a result, a 2.22x multiplier, which assumes a 5...
An example of how an IC foundry’s “final market value” sales level is determined can be made using Altera. Since a fabless company like Altera purchases PLDs from an IC foundry, and does not incorporate them into an electronic system, Altera is not considered the final end-user of these ICs. Eventually, Altera resells its IC foundry-fabricated PLDs to electronic system producers/final end-users such as Cisco or Nokia at a much higher price than it paid the IC foundry for the devices (i.e., gross margin). As a result, a 2.22x multiplier, which assumes a 5...
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