US chip firms beat rivals in 2011, says IHS
By Peter Clarke, EE Times -- EDN, November 30, 2011
LONDON -- Chip companies from the Americas region, which in terms of the semiconductor industry is dominated by the United States, are set to achieve a successful 2011 with aggregated growth of 8.5% while all other global regions declined, according to market analysis firm IHS.IHS tabulated preliminary market share data for 2011 in terms of where the company is headquartered to produce the data, which shows American companies were responsible for $159 billion of revenue, up 8.5% from 2010 and giving the region 50.9% market share (see table below).
This runs counter to the conventional wisdom that the western hemisphere is suffering under economic pressure from an ascendant eastern hemisphere. Most market research firms measure the market size in various regions, which has been moving toward the eastern hemisphere as electronic equipment manufacturing has migrated there.
Companies headquartered in the Asia-Pacific region, Japan, and EMEA (Europe, Middle-East, and Africa) are now responsible for 21.4%, 18.9%, and 8.7% of global chip market sales that IHS reckons will be worth $312 billion in 2011. But all three regions suffered falls.
Preliminary estimate of global semiconductor revenue in 2011 by company headquarters location
This story was originally posted by EE Times.
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