Dataquest Reports Consumer Electronics Semiconductor Market Has Surpassed $24 Billion; New Study Tracks Top Suppliers in Consumer Chip Market.SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 20, 1996-- Semiconductor manufacturers are reaping the benefits as the worldwide consumer electronics semiconductor market continues to grow, reaching $24.6 billion in 1995, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Dataquest. Toshiba was the top vendor in 1995 with revenue of nearly $3.3 billion. Dataquest analysts attribute Toshiba's success to its substantial line of ICs targeted at the consumer market. Dataquest expects other vendors to pursue aggressive marketing efforts into this market in 1996. "Consumer electronics is one of the most important segments in the electronics business today and it represents a vast opportunity for manufacturers of a variety of types of semiconductors," said Jonathan Cassell, industry analyst in Dataquest's Consumer Multimedia Semiconductor Application Markets Worldwide program. Reflecting the fact that the Japanese and Asian regions are the world's largest for consumer electronics equipment production, Japan-based companies dominate the list of top-ranking semiconductor suppliers in this area. Four of the top five suppliers of semiconductors for consumer electronics applications are Japanese companies This is a list of companies from Japan. Note that 株式会社 can be (and frequently is) read both kabushiki kaisha and kabushiki gaisha (with or without a hyphen). See that article for more details. (see Table 1). -0- Table 1 Top 5 Semiconductor Vendors for Consumer Electronics by Worldwide Revenue Estimates (Millions of Dollars) Company 1995 Revenue 1995 Market Share(%) Toshiba 3,286 13.4 NEC 2,710 11.0 Matsushita 1,905 7.7 Philips 1,724 7.0 Sanyo 1,613 6.6 Others 13,375 54.3 Total 24,613 100.0 Source: Dataquest (August 1996)-0- The report titled "Competitive Trends: 1995 Consumer Electronics Semiconductor Market" presents market share and rankings for a variety of key consumer electronics semiconductor product segments. Ranking revenue are presented for the top suppliers in various segments, including digital integrated circuits Integrated circuits Miniature electronic circuits produced within and upon a single semiconductor crystal, usually silicon. Integrated circuits range in complexity from simple logic circuits and amplifiers, about 1/20 in. (1. , microprocessors and microcontrollers, ASICs and ASSPs, analog audio and video chips, discrete and optical components, and MPEG (Moving Pictures Experts Group) An ISO/ITU standard for compressing digital video. Pronounced "em-peg," it is the universal standard for digital terrestrial, cable and satellite TV, DVDs and digital video recorders (DVRs). decompression devices. To purchase this report, or subscribe to Verb 1. subscribe to - receive or obtain regularly; "We take the Times every day" subscribe, take buy, purchase - obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; the Consumer Multimedia Semiconductor Application Markets Worldwide program, please call 800-419-DATA. More information about Dataquest's programs, descriptions of recent research reports, and full text of press releases can be found on the Internet at http://www.dataquest.com. Dataquest is a 25-year-old global market research and consulting company Noun 1. consulting company - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting firm business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a serving the high-technology and financial communities. The company provides worldwide market coverage on the semiconductor, computer systems and peripherals, communications, document management, software, and services sectors of the information technology industry. Dataquest is a Gartner Group (company) Gartner Group - One of the biggest IT industry research firms. Address: Connecticut, USA. Company. -0- CONTACT: Dataquest Tom McCall Thomas Lawson McCall (March 22, 1913 – January 8, 1983) was an American politician, a Republican, and the 30th governor of Oregon from 1967 to 1975. McCall's two terms as Oregon's governor were notable for many achievements in the environmental sphere, including the , 408/468-8312 tmccall@dataquest.com |
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