Infineon overtakes ST

Infineon has overtaken ST to become Europe’s largest chip company – Infineon’s Q2 sales were $1.762 billion while ST’s were $1.754 billion, according to IC Insights.

Top 20 Semiconductor sales

Samsung continues to close the gap on Intel with revenues of $10.3 billion in the quarter compared with Intel’s $11.96.

Top Ten Vendors Q2 2015

$bn

Intel 11.946
Samsung 10.3
TSMC 6.6
Hynix 4.2
Qualcomm 3.9
Micron 3.8
TI 3.0
Toshiba 2.8
Broadcom 2.1
Infineon 1.762

The company writes:

IC Insights includes foundries in the top 20 semiconductor supplier ranking since it has always viewed the ranking as a top supplier list, not a marketshare ranking, and realizes that in some cases the semiconductor sales are double counted. With many of our clients being vendors to the semiconductor industry (supplying equipment, chemicals, gases, etc.), excluding large IC manufacturers like the foundries would leave significant “holes” in the list of top semiconductor suppliers. As shown in the listing, the foundries and fabless companies are clearly identified. In the April Update to The McClean Report, marketshare rankings of IC suppliers by product type were presented and foundries were excluded from these listings.

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