Thanks to IC Insights for this one – the Top 25 semiconductor companies by revenues:
$bn % vs 2011
Intel 49 -1
Samsung 32 -4
TSMC 17 +18
Qualcomm 13 +34
TI 12 -6
Toshiba 11 -12
Renesas 9 -13
Hynix 9 -4
ST 8 -13
Micron 8 -7
Broadcom 7.8…
Thanks to IHS for this one – the top seven NAND flash suppliers:
US$bn
Samsung 7.5
Toshiba 6.2
Mixcron 2.7
Hynix 2.3
Intel 1.4
Others (Powerchip and Spansion) 0.57…
Thanks to Construction Week for this one – the ten most impressive engineering feats of the past decade.
Millau Viaduct
Burj Khalifa
Three Gorges Dam
Langeled Pipeline
Qingzang Tibet Railway
Taipei 101
Hangzhou Bay Bridge
Boston Big Dig
Ras Laffan gas trains
Large Hadron Collider…
The top-funded projects on Kickstarter are:
$m
Pebble E-Paper Watch 10
Ouya game console 8.6
Project Eternity 4
Reaper Miniatures Bones 3.4 Affordable 3D printer 3
Double Fine adventure game 3
Wasteland 2 3
Homestuck Adventure game 2.5
Oculus VR Headset 2.4
Elite: Dangerous…
Thanks to Seeking Alpha for this one – the eight semi companies paying the best dividends:
%
Intersil 5.7
ST 4.3
Intel 4.1
Cypress 4.0
Microchip 3.8
Brooks Automation 3.2
Maxim 3.0
ADI 2.9…
Thanks to IC Insights for this one – the companies with the largest 300mm wafer capacity.
K w/m
Samsung 717
Micron/Elpida 536
Hynix 450
Intel 441 TSMC 414
Toshiba 320
GloFo 150
Nanya 127
UMC 115
Powerchip 90…
Thanks to StrandConsult for this one – the ten most likely reasons for getting a shitty signal on your mobile phone:
The wrong phone. There is a big difference in the quality of antennas in phones. As for the iPhone 5 and Samsung Galaxy S3, the previous versions of these phones…
Thanks to the Brookings Institution for this - the top ten companies for filing US patents in the last five years. The surprise here is that Micron makes it into the top ten despite being a lot smaller than the others.
IBM 42
Microsoft 16
Intel 11
HP 8
Cisco 7…