U.S. Companies Forecast to Hold Lead in IC Sales Through 2009
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U.S.-headquartered
companies are expected to account for 46 percent of worldwide
IC sales in 2005 compared to only 19 percent by Japan-headquartered
companies. Figure 1 shows a breakdown of worldwide IC
sales by company origin from 1982 through 2009 for U.S.,
Japanese, and European IC companies. It should be noted
that IC sales in this analysis include foundry sales.
As shown, U.S.-headquartered companies, led by Intel,
are forecast to continue to hold the highest share of
worldwide IC sales through 2009. |
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In
1982, Asia-Pacific (i.e., Other) companies' share of IC
sales was only 2 percent. As shown in Figure 2, the "Other"
companies' share more than doubled from 9 percent in 1994
to just less than one-quarter (24 percent) in 2004. With
IC production by Asia-Pacific foundries expected to dramatically
increase over the next few years, IC Insights believes
that the "Other" IC marketshare will reach almost a one-third
share (32 percent) in 2009. |
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In
2004, Taiwan-headquartered companies held the third largest
share of IC sales (11 percent) behind the U.S. and Japanese
companies. IC Insights forecasts that the Taiwan-headquartered
companies will gain an additional two points of share
by 2009. |
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Although China-headquartered
IC producers are expected to grow very rapidly over the
next five years, IC Insights forecasts that their share
of IC sales will still be less than 5 percent in 2009.
While IC consumption in China is forecast to be $84.4
billion in 2009 (up from $31.0 billion in 2004), China's
indigenous IC producers’ IC sales in 2009 are forecast
to be only $10 billion (up from $2.3 billion in 2004). |
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