2012 semiconductor revenue decreased by 5%

Throughout the world, the revenue of the entire semiconductor market will decline by nearly 5% in 2012, only more than 200 billion US dollars. Compared with 2011, among the top 20 semiconductor manufacturers, 15 semiconductor product revenues generally declined in 2012, including Intel, Samsung, Texas Instruments, and STMicroelectronics. At present, only a few companies have controlled the downward trend, and the overall market returns are still declining. With the sluggish semiconductor market, the ever-growing smartphone market has become a lifesaver.

From 2011 to 2012, due to smart phone platform chips and wireless connection integrated circuits, the semiconductor market revenue increased by nearly 30% over the previous year, which is conducive to the rejuvenation of some large companies in the sluggish year of the semiconductor market. Peter Cooney, director of semiconductor business, mentioned: "The competition in this market is very fierce, so having a strong market position is a good return."

Analysts said that from a logical point of view, revenue growth will not continue, and that the semiconductor market is facing some unfavorable factors in the integration of platform chips and connected circuits. On the other hand, because many high-profile companies have withdrawn from the market, the revenue of the dominant suppliers still has enormous growth potential. It is expected that its revenue will increase by 13% in 2013, but from 2014, the growth rate of revenue will slow down significantly.

At the same time, Cooney pointed out that in the past few years, once the dominant manufacturers have left the mobile phone integrated circuit market. Both companies, Freescale and Texas Instruments, have already withdrawn and are following more industrial markets. STMicroelectronics has announced that the company will withdraw from its joint venture with Ericsson. The withdrawal of high-profile companies indicates fierce competition in the mobile phone market. The vertical integration strategy of Samsung and Huawei also shows that competition will only increase.