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AMD surges in 2006 at expense of Intel
It was a tale of two companies in the semiconductor industry in 2006, with major chip supplier Intel Corp. suffering a revenue decline, while rival Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) nearly doubled its sales, according to iSuppli Corp.¹s final 2006 market-share ranking.
It was a tale of two companies in the semiconductor industry in 2006, with major chip supplier Intel Corp. suffering a revenue decline, while rival Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) nearly doubled its sales, according to iSuppli Corp.¹s final 2006 market-share ranking.
³For U.S. microprocessor giant Intel, 2006 was the worst of times, as its global semiconductor revenue dropped by 11.1 percent from 2005,² said Dale Ford, vice president, market intelligence, for iSuppli. ³The revenue decline, which was due to Intel¹s bleak performance in its core PC microprocessor and flash-memory businesses, erased nearly all of the company¹s sales gains from its strong year in 2005. Intel¹s 2006 revenue of $31.5 billion was less than half a percentage point higher than its sales in 2004.
³For Intel¹s smaller U.S. rival, AMD, 2006 was the best of times as it achieved a whopping 91.6 percent increase in revenue for the year, partly due to a major acquisition, but also because of strong gains in microprocessor market share,² Ford added.
This robust increase in revenue caused AMD¹s ranking to rise to eighth place in 2006, up seven positions from the 15th rank in 2005.
iSuppli Table: Top-25 Semiconductor Suppliers Worldwide in 2006 (Ranking by Revenue in Millions of U.S. Dollars)
³For U.S. microprocessor giant Intel, 2006 was the worst of times, as its global semiconductor revenue dropped by 11.1 percent from 2005,² said Dale Ford, vice president, market intelligence, for iSuppli. ³The revenue decline, which was due to Intel¹s bleak performance in its core PC microprocessor and flash-memory businesses, erased nearly all of the company¹s sales gains from its strong year in 2005. Intel¹s 2006 revenue of $31.5 billion was less than half a percentage point higher than its sales in 2004.
³For Intel¹s smaller U.S. rival, AMD, 2006 was the best of times as it achieved a whopping 91.6 percent increase in revenue for the year, partly due to a major acquisition, but also because of strong gains in microprocessor market share,² Ford added.
This robust increase in revenue caused AMD¹s ranking to rise to eighth place in 2006, up seven positions from the 15th rank in 2005.
iSuppli Table: Top-25 Semiconductor Suppliers Worldwide in 2006 (Ranking by Revenue in Millions of U.S. Dollars)
