The analyst firm IC Insights has updated the bulletin with a rating of 20 largest semiconductor companies in the world. Update was required for the simple reason that the value of the US dollar against the currencies of the four largest economies in the world has changed . The yen fell by 13%, euro - 16%, the South Korean won - by 7%, while the Taiwan dollar - by 4%. Previously it predicted that the twenty largest companies in the semiconductor market will earn in 2015 at $ 269.783 billion. The new figure is expected to less than 4% - $ 259.149 billion. This is almost the same as in fact earned in 2014.
In general, the income of companies in the above list was subject to change weak, except for Avago and Renesas. The first has jumped by 22%, the second fell to 23% (the last two columns in the table show the dynamics in local currencies). If not for the strengthening of the dollar, for example, Samsung would have lagged behind Intel's by only 11%. Calculated Samsung lag behind Intel's 21%, though it is also progress.
With regard of AMD, it disappeared from the list of the top 20 semiconductor companies.According to forecasts, in 2015 the volume of AMD revenue decline by 28% to below $ 4 billion. Instead, will enter the top 20 Taiwanese company UMC. The German company Infineon also proved to be good. Part of this helped her purchase of the US company International Rectifier, which added to its treasury $ 1.1 billion. Related Products :
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