Samsung Electronics and Apple remained the top semiconductor buyers in 2013, increasing their combined semiconductor demand by 17 percent, according to Gartner, Inc. Samsung Electronics and Apple together consumed $53.7 billion of semiconductors in 2013, an increase of $7.7 billion from 2012 (see Figure 1).
"Samsung Electronics and Apple have topped the semiconductor consumption table for three years running, with their share of the design total available market (TAM) rising from 12 percent in 2011, to 17 percent in 2013," said Masatsune Yamaji, principal research analyst at Gartner. "This increase clearly shows how fast the presence of these two companies has expanded over the last three years and why their decisions have technology and pricing implications for the whole semiconductor industry."
The top 10 companies bought $114.0 billion of semiconductors, to account for 36 percent of semiconductor vendors' worldwide revenue in 2013. This was up from $105.1 billion, accounting for 35 percent in 2012. The top 10 outperformed the overall semiconductor buying market and grew by 8.4 percent in 2013.
"Samsung Electronics and Apple have topped the semiconductor consumption table for three years running, with their share of the design total available market (TAM) rising from 12 percent in 2011, to 17 percent in 2013," said Masatsune Yamaji, principal research analyst at Gartner. "This increase clearly shows how fast the presence of these two companies has expanded over the last three years and why their decisions have technology and pricing implications for the whole semiconductor industry."
The top 10 companies bought $114.0 billion of semiconductors, to account for 36 percent of semiconductor vendors' worldwide revenue in 2013. This was up from $105.1 billion, accounting for 35 percent in 2012. The top 10 outperformed the overall semiconductor buying market and grew by 8.4 percent in 2013.
