Executive Summary of the

Revenue Top 20 Semiconductor Sales Leaders for the First Quarter of 2016
Introduction
Last May 2016, the IC Insights released an update which includes
the 1Q16 semiconductor market results, an update of the capital spending
forecast by company, a review of the IC market by electronic system type,
and the list of the top 20 semiconductor sales leader for the first quarter
this 2016. The ranking shows a wide representation of geographic regions
which includes eight suppliers from US, three in Japan, three in Taiwan,
three in Europe, two from South Korea, and one from Singapore. The top 20
list shown below serves as a guideline in identifying the leading
semiconductor suppliers, whether they are IDMs, fabless companies or
foundries.
Table/Graph
IQ16
IQ15
Rank
Rank
1
1
2
2
3
3
4
7
5
4
6
5
7
6
8
8
9
10
10
9
11
12
12
13
13
11
14
14
15
17
16
15
17
20
18
16
19
18
20
21

Company

Headquarters

Intel*
Samsung
TSMC (1)
Broadcom Ltd. (2)*
Qualcomm (2)
SK Hynix
Micron
TI
Toshiba
NXP*
Infineon
MediaTek (2)
ST
Renesas
Apple (2)**
GlobalFoundries (1)*
Nvidia (2)
Sony
UMC (1)
AMD (2)

US
South Korea
Taiwan
Singapore
US
South Korea
US
US
Japan
Europe
Europe
Taiwan
Europe
Japan
US
US
US
Japan
Taiwan
US

Table 1 - Q1 2016 top 20 semiconductor sales leaders ($m,

including foundries)

Aguiflor, John Alexis D.

Padilla
BSECE 5-1

Remarks
Based on the table, there was one new candidate into the top-20
ranking in 1Q16 - U.S.-based fabless supplier AMD. Meanwhile, the Japanbased Sharp is the only company that fell from the top-20 ranking, plunging
its sale by 30%. On the other hand, Intel persisted decisively in control of
the number one spot in 1Q16.
1Q16
Rank
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
Conclusion

Company
Intel*
Samsung
TSMC (1)
Broadcom Ltd. (2)*
Qualcomm (2)
SK Hynix
Micron
TI
Toshiba
NXP*
Infineon
MediaTek (2)
ST
Renesas
Apple (2)**
GlobalFoundries (1)*
Nvidia (2)
Sony
UMC (1)
AMD (2)

1Q15
Sales
12,067
9,336
6,995
3,679
4,434
4,380
4,061
2,940
2,619
2,636
1,666
1,506
1,700
1,470
1,260
1,436
1,118
1,272
1,140
1,030

1Q16
Sales
13,115
9,340
6,122
3,550
3,337
3,063
2,930
2,804
2,446
2,224
1,776
1,691
1,601
1,415
1,390
1,360
1,285
1,125
1,034
832

In fact, based on the table above, it increased its lead over

Samsungs semiconductor sales from 29% in 1Q15 to 40% in 1Q16. The
biggest moves in the ranking were made by the Broadcom
(Avago/Broadcom) and Nvidia, each of which jumped up three positions in
1Q16 as compared to 1Q15.

Engr. M.V.C.