FSA Reports 30 Percent YoY Worldwide Fabless Revenue Growth in Q3 2004

Who: Fabless Semiconductor Association (FSA), the voice of the global fabless business model

What: Issued its "Q3 2004 Global Fabless Financials Report" discussing key industry information for the quarter, including:

• Worldwide fabless industry revenue grew 30 percent year-over-year
• Fabless industry revenue totaled $8.3 billion
• U.S. fabless companies represented 75 percent of revenue, followed by Taiwan with 19 percent and Europe and China each with three percent
• Top ten fabless companies listed by quarterly revenue, which combined for $4.5 billion
  1. QUALCOMM (QCT Division)
  2. Broadcom
  3. ATI Technologies
  4. NVIDIA Corporation
  5. SanDisk Corporation
  6. Xilinix, Inc.
  7. MediaTek Incorporation
  8. Marvell Semiconductor, Inc.
  9. Altera
  10. Conexant Systems

When: Now available to members and media; non-members may purchase the report at www.fsa.org/store