The nation secured 18 percent of the world’s fabless IC market share to rank second behind the US last year, semiconductor market research company IC Insights said.
US companies held the dominant share of fabless IC sales last year, although the share fell from 69 percent in 2010 to 63 percent, IC Insights said in the latest update to this year’s McClean Report.
The largest increase in fabless IC market share came from Chinese companies, which held a 9 percent share last year, compared to 5 percent in 2010, the report said.
South Korea and Japan were both weak in the fabless IC market, with each having less than 1 percent of global market share last year, IC Insights said.
The US had a 55 percent share of the total worldwide IC market last year, which includes sales from integrated device manufacturers (IDMs) and fabless IC companies, but not foundry sales, update to the report said.
Taiwan placed fourth with a 7 percent market share, while South Korea came in second with an 18 percent share and Japan was third with a 9 percent share.
Chinese companies accounted for only 3 percent of total IC sales last year, the research firm said.
Among IDMs (companies with wafer fabs that manufacture their own ICs), US-headquartered companies accounted for slightly more than half of worldwide sales at 52 percent, followed by companies based in South Korea, Japan and Europe.
Taiwanese companies, excluding foundries, held a 2 percent IDM market share.
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