Semiconductor Market Share Results Show Industry Grew 5.7 Percent in 2005

Gartner: Worldwide Semiconductor Revenue Driven by Demand in PCs, Cellular Handsets and Music Players Worldwide semiconductor revenue totaled $235 billion in 2005, a 5.7 percent increase from 2004 to final results by Gartner, Inc. 2005 revenue surpassed the semiconductor industry's previous record of $223 billion set in 2000. Personal computers and cellular telephones remain the largest drivers for semiconductor business. The popularity of MP3 players, however, accounted for dramatic growth among flash memory vendors in 2005. High PC demand helped Intel retain its position as the No. 1 semiconductor supplier in 2005. Intel's revenue grew 12.6 percent, twice the market average (see Table 1). Commodity memory demand bolstered the fortunes of Samsung Electronics, who now dominates most areas of the memory market, and Hynix Semiconductor, who moved into the top 10 for the first time in 2005. Samsung held the No. 1 position in DRAM, SRAM and the fast-growing NAND flash market in 2005. Hynix's NAND flash revenue reached $1.5 billion, up from $212 million in 2004, an increase of more than 600 percent. Over all, this company grew 23 percent - the fastest growth among the top 10 semiconductor suppliers. Table 1 Top 10 worldwide Semiconductor Vendors by Revenue (Millions of U.S. Dollars)

2005 Rank	2004 Rank	Company	2005 Revenue	2005 Market Share (%)	2004 Revenue	2004 -2005 Growth (%)
1	1	Intel	34,590	14.7	30,730	12.6
2	2	Samsung Electronics	18,347	7.8	16,276	12.7
3	3	Texas Instruments	10,119	4.3	9,170	10.3
4	7	Toshiba	8,984	3.8	8,538	5.2
5	6	STMicrolectronics	8,821	3.8	8,691	1.5
6	4	Renesas Technology	8,291	3.5	9,001	-7.9
7	5	Infineon Technologies	8,205	3.5	8,945	-8.3
8	9	Philips Electronics	5,959	2.5	5,689	4.7
9	12	Hynix Semiconductor	5,723	2.4	4,648	23.1
10	8	NEC Electronics	5,657	2.4	6,438	-12.1
		Others	119,939	51.1	113,891	5.6
		Total Market	234,635	100.0	222,017	5.7

Source: Gartner Dataquest (April 2006) The entire NAND flash memory segment grew 71 percent between 2004 and 2005. Other fast growth markets included CMOS image sensors (28 percent), and consumer ASICs (14 percent). The wireless ASIC segment, where Texas Instruments was the market leader, grew 9 percent last year. The regional trend of sales moving towards Asia/Pacific continued in 2005. The Asia/Pacific region, which includes China, Taiwan, Korea and Singapore, accounted for 44.5 percent of worldwide semiconductor revenue, and the region experienced the strongest growth in 2005 - 11 percent. The Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region saw the next strongest revenue growth with 4 percent. The Americas had 1 percent growth in 2005 and Japan was flat with revenue increasing 0.2 percent. Semiconductor Revenue, worldwide, 2005. Publ 20060413