Gartner estimates that global semiconductor revenue will slightly increase this year compared to last year, and future momentum will gradually weaken. This year, Intel remains the leading player, while Qualcomm benefits from mobile devices with an annual growth rate of 36.3%; In the global analog market, DIGITIMES Research expects steady growth.

According to preliminary statistics from international research and consulting firm Gartner, global semiconductor revenue increased slightly by 0.9% in 2011 compared to 2010, reaching $302 billion.

Gu Neng stated that among the top 10 semiconductor manufacturers in 2011, Intel remained the leader in terms of revenue, reaching $51.052 billion, an annual increase of 21.6%; Samsung Electronics ranked second with an annual revenue of 29.15 billion US dollars, an increase of 3.7%; The third place is Texas Instruments, with an annual revenue of $12.082 billion, an increase of 1.7%.

In addition, driven by mobile devices, Qualcomm's annual revenue was 9.819 billion yuan, with an annual growth rate of 36.3%, making it the top 10 semiconductor companies with the highest annual revenue growth. Its revenue ranking has also risen from 9th place last year to 6th place this year.

In the global analog market, DIGITIMES Research expects a steady growth rate of 5% to 9% from 2011 to 2013, with an overall scale expected to exceed the $50 billion mark by 2013; According to the research results of Databeans, in 2010, Texas Instruments (TI) had a global market share of 14%, firmly holding the leading position as the largest analog supplier.

Stephan Ohr, the research director of Gu Neng Semiconductor, said that the semiconductor industry had a good performance at the beginning of this year, due to the continuation of the prosperity in 2010; But as overall economic uncertainty gradually increases in the middle of the year, consumers are delaying purchases. The government has postponed the expansion of infrastructure spending plan to avoid taking on more debt, and equipment inventory has increased over time, gradually affecting the entire semiconductor industry, resulting in a relatively weak performance.