It was assumed that the gain volumes from the sale of all released in 2009 semiconductor chips will be lowered by more than 20% in comparison with 2008, then last forecasts indicate a modest decrease in size of 12,4%. However, a drop in the gain in the absolute expression impresses - $32 billion.
From the ten most important semiconductors producers only Samsung will be able to report about an increase in the gain by 1,3% in this year, the remaining most important market players either observe a reduction in the gain or do not observe any changes - as Qualcomm, for example. Intel company remains a leader in the gain volumes from the realization of semiconductor chips, but in this year it demonstrates reduction in the indices to 5%. AMD company , which rescued in this year 7,6% less than in the past, could return to the tens most important producers, after rising from the 12-th to 9 th place.
Samsung preserves the second place and attains an increase in the gain due to its durable positions on the market for memory: company releases both memory microcircuits and solid-state memory.