Intel, number 1 semiconductor for the 21st consecutive year

Provisional figures on stock 2012 Gartner semiconductor show a general decline in revenues of 2.7%. Despite a decline in revenues, Intel still dominates the sector.

For the 21st consecutive year, Intel ranks 1st in the world market of semiconductors.According to Gartner, the founder U.S. should show revenue down 2.7% this year to $ 49.2 billion and 24.9 billion ahead of Samsung (- 8.7%). The Korean giant has been affected by a drop in revenues in three areas that are DRAM, Flash and integrated circuits.
In third position is that Qualcomm has experienced strong growth in revenues (+29.6%) to $ 12.9 billion boosted by the growth of smartphones and 3G and LTE in China and India. Illustration of this trend, Broadcom is the founder of the only other top 10 show positive growth with 7.7 billion dollars in revenue (+8.8%).
At the global level, the semiconductor market has contracted (- 3%) 297.5 billion, affected by an incipient recovery expected in the third and fourth quarters was not manifested.

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