IC Insights' recent research uncovered a big shakeup in the 1H08 top 20 semiconductor supplier ranking (Figure I). There are eight U.S. companies in the top 20 (including ihree fabiess semiconductor suppliers), six Japanese, three European, two South Korean and one Taiwanese company (IC foundry supplier TSMC) in the ranking. As shown, it required at least S2.1 billion in 1H08 sales to make the top 20 ranking. Although the top four ranked companies remained the same, there were a number of "movers and shakers" up and down the remainder of the 1H08 ranking as compared to their fuii-year 2007 positions.
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