The stability of the programmable logic market is remarkable. Not only has it been bumbling around in its $3 billion plus-or-minus-a-bit market for the past decade, but the relative market shares of the big five players haven't changed much in the last five years. Thanks to L-Mar Associates for these figures:
|
|
CY2005 $ |
% |
CY2006 $ |
% |
|
|
Actel |
179,400,000 |
6 |
190,500,000 |
5 |
|
|
Altera |
1,120,000,000 |
35.0 |
1,290,000,000 |
35. |
|
|
Lattice |
211,100,000 |
6.6 |
245,427,000 |
6.8 |
|
|
Quicklogi |
48,300,000 |
1.5 |
34,900,000 |
1.0 |
|
|
Xilinx |
1,644,856,000 |
51.3 |
1,871,600,000 |
51 |
|
|
Total |
3,203,656,000 |
100.0% |
$3,632,427,000 |
100 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CY2007 $ |
% |
CY2008 $ |
% |
CY2009 $ |
% |
|
191,499,000 |
5 |
218,400,000 |
6 |
190,600,000 |
6 |
|
1,260,000,000 |
35.8 |
1,370,000,000 |
36.5 |
1,195,415,000 |
35.3 |
|
228,700,000 |
6.5 |
222,300,000 |
5.9 |
194,420,000 |
5.7 |
|
34,417,000 |
1.0 |
31,900,000 |
0.9 |
14,990,000 |
0.4 |
|
1,809,000,000 |
51.3 |
1,905,930,000 |
50.8 |
1,787,700,000 |
52.8 |
|
3,523,616,000 |
100.0 |
3,748,530,000 |
100.0 |
3,383,125,000 |
100.0 |
just the same as salaries then?
Indeed it is Jon, at least if my salary is anything to go by