A ranking of the forecasted top 2012 semiconductor foundries (pure-play and IDM) was released by IC Insights. TSMC is expected to remain the leading foundry, with sales almost 4x that of second-ranked GLOBALFOUNDRIES, which in turn is expected to have more than 2x the sales of the fifth-ranked foundry SMIC. Samsung is expected to be the largest of only three IDM foundries in the 2012 ranking with almost 8x the sales of IBM, its closest IDM foundry competitor.
Table. Top 12 IC foundries of 2012. SOURCE: IC Insights, company reports. Read More
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2012F rank |
2011 rank |
Company |
Foundry type |
HQ |
2010 sales ($M) |
2011 sales ($M) |
11/10 change (%) |
2012F sales ($M) |
12/11 change (%) |
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1 |
1 |
TSMC |
Pure-play |
Taiwan |
13307 |
14600 |
10 |
16720 |
15 |
|
2 |
3 |
GLOBALFOUNDRIES |
Pure-play |
US |
3510 |
3480 |
-1 |
4285 |
23 |
|
3 |
2 |
UMC |
Pure-play |
Taiwan |
3965 |
3760 |
-5 |
3775 |
0 |
|
4 |
4 |
Samsung |
IDM |
South Korea |
1205 |
2190 |
82 |
3375 |
54 |
|
5 |
5 |
SMIC |
Pure-play |
China |
1555 |
1320 |
-15 |
1625 |
23 |
|
6 |
6 |
TowerJazz |
Pure-play |
Israel |
510 |
611 |
20 |
655 |
7 |
|
7 |
7 |
Grace/HHNEC (2012 merger) |
Pure-play |
China |
630 |
565 |
-10 |
605 |
7 |
|
8 |
8 |
Vanguard |
Pure-play |
Taiwan |
508 |
519 |
2 |
540 |
14 |
|
9 |
9 |
Dongbu |
Pure-play |
South Korea |
475 |
500 |
5 |
540 |
8 |
|
10 |
10 |
IBM |
IDM |
US |
430 |
420 |
-2 |
435 |
4 |
|
11 |
13 |
WIN (GaAs) |
Pure-play |
Taiwan |
221 |
298 |
35 |
425 |
43 |
|
12 |
11 |
MagnaChip |
IDM |
South Korea |
405 |
350 |
-14 |
375
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