Well here they are, thanks to iSuppli, the ten biggest chip companies measured by revenue in 2009. Also their % gain or loss compared to 2008 revenues.
$bn % change
Intel 32.0 -5
Samsung 17.1 +1.3
Toshiba 10.6 -4
TI 9.6 -1.3
ST 8.4 -10
Qualcomm 6.4 0.0
Hynix 5.9 -1.4
Renesas 5.6 -19.3
AMD 5.0 -7.6
Sony 4.6 -32.8
What has been the reason behind the huge losses posted by Renesas and Sony? Were there any major business shift, or spinout?