In 2007 AMD company for the first time in the history of its existence reached the tenth most important producers ( semiconductor production ) on the rating of iSuppli agency .
Fresh data with analogous study but for 2008 appeared today. In the fourth quarter 2008 the market for semiconductor chips as a whole fell by 21,5%. For Intel company it was possible to held the first place with 13,1% of the market, the second place was for Samsung company with 6,5% of the market (in the gain indices ) .
AMD incomes in comparison with the previous year fell by 7,8%, and now it occupies only the twelfth place in this rating. Possibly, with the isolation of GLOBALFOUNDRIES company in an independent structural unit and the separation of financial accounting , will noticeably improve AMD indices.
Toshiba occupies in the new rating the third place, Texas instruments are located on the fourth. In the tens leaders also enter Qualcomm and Hynix semiconductor.