Samsung Electronics and Apple remained the top semiconductor buyers in 2015, representing 17.7 percent of the market, according to Gartner, Inc. Samsung Electronics and Apple together consumed $59.0 billion of semiconductors in 2015, an increase of $0...

IC Insights forecasted that 2016 IC market will grow 4%. As depicted, the most likely 2016 IC market scenario is for 2%-6% growth. IC Insights noted, worldwide GDP is forecast to increase by 2.7% in 2016, 0.2 percentage points greater than the 2...

Taiwan's share in the global pure-play foundry industry reached 74% in 2014, mainly due to the remarkable achievement made by Taiwan's TSMC whose share in the global foundry market grew from 55% in 2013 to 59% in 2014. Meanwhile, driven by its production capacity for 28nm chips, UMC returned to the second spot with 11...

Worldwide semiconductor revenue totaled $333.7 billion in 2015, a 1.9 percent decrease from 2014 revenue of $340.3 billion, according to Gartner, Inc. The top 25 semiconductor vendors' combined revenue increased 0.2 percent, which was more than the overall industry's growth...

Communication and computer systems are forecast to account for the greatest percentage of IC sales in every geographic region—Americas, Europe, Japan, and Asia-Pacific—this year, according to data released from IC Insights...

Acording to Gartner, worldwide semiconductor revenue is forecast to reach $354 billion in 2015, a 4 percent increase from 2014, but down from the previous quarter's forecast of 5.4 percent growth. "Concern is mounting about semiconductor revenue growth in 2015 as system suppliers start to grapple with the rapid depreciation in value of global currencies relative to the U...

According to IC Insights’ report, in 2014, there were only two Japanese companies—Toshiba and Renesas—that were among the top 10 semiconductor suppliers. Assuming the NXP/Freescale merger is completed later this year, Toshiba will be the lone Japanese company left in the top 10 ranking...