AMD shoots up the semiconductor charts

FIGURES SUPPLIED by market research firm iSuppli showed that while Intel was still king of the chip castle, its smaller rival AMD jumped up to number eight in 2006 from number 15 the year before.

Mind you, AMD bought ATI last year, so its revenue figures include this in. Elpida nearly doubled its DRAM revenue in 2006, while Hybix also did well. Isuppli said: "Out of 250 companies measured in iSuppli's semiconductor market-share research, 190 companies, or 76 per cent, achieved growth in 2006. Of this number, 128 companies attained double-digit growth during 2006."

The 2006 market share ranking showed Intel had "a bleak performance" while AMD had the "best of times" as it increased its revenue by 91.6 per cent. Revenue figures below are in millions US, while the column on the right is what iSuppli describes as a cumulative percentage figure. µ

05	06	Vendor	05 rev	06 rev	% change	% tot	%
1	1	Intel	35,466	31,542	-11.1	12.1	12.1
2	2	Samsung	17,710	19,842	12	7.6	19.7
3	3	TI	10,745	12,600	17.3	4.8	24.6
4	4	Toshiba	9,077	10,141	11.7	3.9	28.5
5	5	ST Micro	8,881	9,854	11	3.8	32.3
7	6	Renesas	8,107	7,900	-2.6	3	35.3
11	7	Hynix	5,560	7,865	41.5	3	38.3
15	8	AMD	3,917	7,506	91.6	2.9	41.2
10	9	Freescale	5,598	5,988	7	2.3	43.5
9	10	NXP	5,646	5,874	4	2.3	45.8
8	11	NEC	5,708	5,679	-0.5	2.2	48
NA	12	Qimonda	0	5,413	0	2.1	50
12	13	Micron	4,775	5,210	9.1	2	52
6	14	Infineon	8,297	5,119	-38.3	2	54
13	15	Sony	4,574	4,852	6.1	1.9	55.9
14	16	Qualcomm	3,457	4,529	31	1.7	57.6