FSA Reports Fabless Revenue Topped $23B in 1H 2006

Who:

FSA - the voice of the global fabless business model

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FSA issued its CYQ2 2006/Mid-Year Global Fabless Fundings & Financials Report, outlining key statistics for industry growth in 1H 2006, including:

• Fabless industry revenue totaled $23.7 billion, equating to 20 percent of total semiconductor sales ($118.0 billion)
• Worldwide fabless industry revenue grew 32 percent year-over-year
• Top ten fabless companies listed by 1H 2006 revenue, which combined for a total of $12.4 billion, or 52 percent of total fabless industry revenue.
  1. QUALCOMM (QCT Division) [NASDAQ: QCOM]: $2.2B
  2. Broadcom [NASDAQ: BRCM]: $1.8B
  3. NVIDIA Corporation [NASDAQ: NVDA]: $1.4B
  4. SanDisk Corporation [NASDAQ: SNDK]: $1.3B
  5. ATI Technologies [NASDAQ: ATYT]: $1.3B
  6. Marvell Technology Group Ltd [NASDAQ: MRVL]: $1.1B
  7. LSI Logic [NYSE: LSI]: $966M
  8. Xilinx, Inc. [NASDAQ: XLNX]: $954M
  9. MediaTek Incorporation [TSEC: 2454]: $701M
  10. Altera [NASDAQ: ALTR]: $627M
• North American fabless companies represented 75 percent of revenue, followed by Asia with 21 percent, Europe with 3 percent and India with <1 percent.
• 85 companies raised $1.1 billion, a 22 percent year-over-year dollar amount increase and a 9 percent year-over-year increase in the number of deals closed.

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The complimentary report is available to both FSA members and members of the media. The report is also available for purchase to the industry via the FSA Store .