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First half semiconductor industry rankings from IC Insights show a buoyant semiconductor industry with the top 20 companies growing by an average of 10 per cent compared to H107, even while some of the memory guys like Hynix (down 23 per cent), Toshiba (1 per cent growth) and Micron (0 per cent growth) drag down the average considerably.
Private equity-owned companies NXP and Freescale showed below-average growth (NXP 1 per cent Freescale 3 per cent), which shows the Wall Street money-based business model doesn't necessarily work when applied to running semiconductor companies.
Star performers were TSMC which grew 35 per cent Matsushita which grew 26 per cent Qualcomm which grew 25 per cent Nvidia which grew 23 per cent, Samsung which grew 21 per cent Broadcom which grew 20 per cent, and Infineon which grew 19 per cent (despite ditching its successful CEO, Dr Wolfgang Ziebart).
Also, moving up one place each in the first half were TSMC, Renesas, and Infineon.
Source: IC Insights - Companies ranked by growth rate (click to expand)
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