SMIC tops Chartered in '05 foundry rankings
Mark LaPedus, EE Times
(03/25/2006 1:36 PM EST)
(03/25/2006 1:36 PM EST)
SAN JOSE, Calif. — China’s Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (SMIC) topped Singapore’s Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Pte. Ltd. for third place in the worldwide silicon foundry rankings in 2005, according to the rankings from Gartner Dataquest Inc.
Dongbu, Hua Hong NEC, Jazz and MagnaChip also moved up in the foundry rankings in 2005, according to Gartner Dataquest. Overall, however, it was a bad year for the foundry industry, as worldwide sales hit 18.4 billion in 2005, down 2.5 percent over 2004, according to the market research firm.
For the first time, the foundry market fell while overall semiconductor sales grew in 2005, according to the firm.
To read the full article, click here
Related Semiconductor IP
- NFC wireless interface supporting ISO14443 A and B with EEPROM on SMIC 180nm
- DDR5 MRDIMM PHY and Controller
- RVA23, Multi-cluster, Hypervisor and Android
- ECC7 Elliptic Curve Processor for Prime NIST Curves
- HBM4E PHY and controller
Related News
- Fugaku Tops Supercomputer Rankings Again as Arm HPC Ecosystem Expands
- Mosys licensee's 1T-SRAM production tops 20 million units
- Improv's Jazz DSP Tops EEMBC's Telecom Benchmark
- Chartered Expands Design Services Alliance Program, Further Augments Total Product Solution Offering
Latest News
- Synopsys and Ansys Provide Update Regarding Expected Timing of Acquisition Close
- CAST Releases First Dual LZ4 and Snappy Lossless Data Compression IP Core
- Arteris Wins “AI Engineering Innovation Award” at the 2025 AI Breakthrough Awards
- SEMI Forecasts 69% Growth in Advanced Chipmaking Capacity Through 2028 Due to AI
- eMemory’s NeoFuse OTP Qualifies on TSMC’s N3P Process, Enabling Secure Memory for Advanced AI and HPC Chips