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1998 Market Shares Survey Results Released

2 April 1999

1998 Market Shares Survey Results Released

    PHOENIX--April 1, 1999--In a study released this week, "1998 Semiconductor Market Shares: Leaders of the Pack," Semico Research Corp. announced the results of the Semico 1998 Market Shares Survey, the companies leading the semiconductor industry in total 1998 worldwide semiconductor sales.
    The study also included market shares for worldwide sales by semiconductor product type.
    The top three worldwide semiconductor vendors in 1998 were Intel, Motorola, and NEC. In addition to leading in total sales, Intel was the market leader for microprocessors, microperipherals, and Flash memory. Samsung held the top spot in DRAMs and SRAMs, with ST Microelectronics leading in the other non-volatile memory categories. Motorola topped the microcontroller market, while Texas Instruments led in analog devices. Finally, in the MOS Logic category, NEC and IBM led, while Altera claimed the number one position for programmable logic.
    Due to strong microprocessor sales, Intel was one of the few companies to have revenue gains in 1998. Most other companies in the top 10 suffered revenue declines, primarily due to the semiconductor memory industry downturn.
    SRAMs and Programmable Logic Devices showed revenue gains in 1998, while the other semiconductor categories -- DRAM, Non-Volatile Memory, Logic, and Analog -- all had revenue drops. Overall semiconductor industry revenues were down 8.4% to $125.6 billion in 1998. Most of the industry decline can be attributed to lower revenues from the Americas, down 9.6%, and Japan, down 19.2%. The Asia Pacific region had a modest decrease of 4.4%, while Europe actually increased revenues 1.1% from 1997 to 1998.
    Further information about the study, and other products and services is available at the Semico Research Corp. website www.semico.com, or by contacting Semico Research, at 602/997-0337.