Gartner: Weltweiter Halbleiter-Umsatz stieg 2007 um 3 Prozent

Market share tables by themselves give a good indication of which vendors did well or badly during a year, but they do not tell the whole story. More often than not, a strong or weak performance by a vendor is a result of the overall market growth of the device areas that the vendor participates in. Gartner’s relative industry performance (RIP) index measures the difference between industry-specific growth for a company and actual growth, showing which are transforming their businesses by growing share or moving into new markets and choosing their customers wisely.

Toshiba achieved the best RIP ranking by outgrowing its market by 21.1 percent. Toshiba’s success in NAND flash memory, CMOS image sensors for mobile phones and system-level integration (ASICs/ASSPs), including digital consumer products such as LCD TVs and video game consoles contributed to its RIP ranking. Toshiba expected more price declines in its NAND flash memory segment, but supply and demand was better-balanced than expected because of the demand expansion for portable media players such as iPods and removable solid-state storage products.

Additional information is available in the Gartner report "Market Share: Semiconductor Revenue, Worldwide, 2007 (Preliminary Estimates)." This report provides preliminary rankings for the top 25 companies worldwide, as well as the top 25 vendors based on relative industry performance. Regional market share results are also available for the Americas, EMEA, Asia/Pacific and Japan. The report is available on Gartner’s Web site at http://www.gartner.com/DisplayDocument?ref=g_search&id=562309&subref=simplesearch.

This research is produced by Gartner's Semiconductors Worldwide group. This research group combines memory, microcomponents, logic, ASIC, analog, discrete device, RF and optical segments into a complete industry picture. Products, suppliers, startups, technologies, regional consumption, applications and emerging technologies are all covered in this broad program. To subscribe to this service, please contact Becky Tonnesen at 408-468-8287 or at [email protected]. More information on Gartner's semiconductor research can be found on Gartner's Web site at

 
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