GSA Reports Fabless Revenue Grew Sixteen Percent Year-over-Year, Totaling $13.4 Billion in CYQ1 2008

SAN JOSE, Calif. --June 27, 2008 -- The Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) today released the CYQ1 2008 version of its Global Semiconductor Financial Report.  This quarterly report includes detailed trend analysis on financial data for fabless, integrated device manufacturer (IDM), pure-play foundry, intellectual property, electronic design automation, design service and back-end sectors.

The key statistics outlined in the CYQ1 2008 report include:

• Worldwide semiconductor revenue totaled $67.3 billion in CYQ1 2008, rising only 0.2 percent quarter-over-quarter, but five percent year-over-year

• Fabless revenue totaled $13.4 billion, which grew 16 percent year-over-year and equated to 20 percent of the semiconductor sales total

• The top 10 fabless companies by first quarter revenue combined for $7.8 billion, or 58 percent of total fabless revenue:
  
  
  1. Qualcomm – QCT Division [NASDAQ: QCOM]: $1.6B
  2. NVIDIA [NASDAQ: NVDA]: $1.2B
  3. Broadcom [NASDAQ: BRCM]: $1.0B
  4. SanDisk [NASDAQ: SNDK]: $850.0M
  5. Marvell Technology Group [NASDAQ: MRVL]: $804.1M
  6. LSI [NYSE: LSI]: $660.7M
  7. MediaTek [TSEC: 2454]: $501.4M
  8. Xilinx [NASDAQ: XLNX]: $475.8M
  9. Avago Technologies [Private]: $411.0M
  10. Altera [NASDAQ: ALTR]: $336.1M

The report and accompanying downloadable Excel spreadsheet with more than 11,000 financial data points are available complimentary to GSA members. For
non-members, the latest issue of the report is priced at $300. For more information about this report, visit: http://www.gsaglobal.org/publications/financials/index.asp.

About GSA:

The Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) mission is to accelerate the growth and increase the return on invested capital of the global semiconductor industry by fostering a more effective fabless ecosystem through collaboration, integration and innovation. It addresses the challenges within the supply chain including IP, EDA/design, wafer manufacturing, test and packaging to enable industry-wide solutions. Providing a platform for meaningful global collaboration, the Alliance identifies and articulates market opportunities, encourages and supports entrepreneurship, and provides members with comprehensive and unique market intelligence. Members include companies throughout the supply chain representing 25 countries across the globe. www.gsaglobal.org