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Chip Shipments to Asia Vary by Region
July 18, 2007 |Estimated reading time: 1 minute
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. Total semiconductor shipments in greater China encompassing mainland, Hong Kong, and Taiwan showed steady growth in 2006, up 11.8% from 2005. Semiconductor shipments to mainland China and Hong Kong grew about 15.8%, but shipments to Taiwan were relatively flat, according to iSuppli Corporation's Greater China competitive landscaping tool (CLT). iSuppli suggests that the influx of mainland China investment by Taiwan's original design manufacturers (ODMs) contributes to the modest growth in Taiwan's chip consumption.
Semiconductors shipped to greater China totaled $66.3 billion, of which $44.8 billion went to mainland China and Hong Kong. Top suppliers to China included Intel, Texas Instruments Inc. (TI), Hynix, and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. In mainland China and Hong Kong, top semiconductor suppliers changed from 2005 to 2006, iSuppli reports. Though Intel remains the top supplier to the region, it has suffered from competition with AMD. The major supplier rankings in mainland/Hong Kong closely mirrored those for China as a whole.
iSuppli contends that top semiconductor suppliers in Taiwan differ from those for mainland/Hong Kong due to the different end-products assembled in different regions. Taiwan's major products are data-processing systems, while mainland China and Hong Kong assemblers tend to produce wireless and consumer products. Taiwan's major suppliers offer CPU, DRAM, and graphic card products, according to iSuppli, and include Intel, Samsung, Powerchip, Hynix, Nvidia, and AMD. Broadcom, which is a minor supplier to mainland/Hong Kong, ranked among Taiwan's top ten suppliers.
For more on the iSuppli report, visit iSuppli's Website.
Japan has developed into a key consumer of MEMS components, according to COLIBRYS Ltd. (Neuchâtel, Switzerland). Japan hosts a variety of high-technology applications and R&D investments, which creates a strategic market for MEMS sensors, reports COLIBRYS. The company appointed distributor MIDORIYA Electric Co. Ltd. to promote its MEMS components to the Japanese market. Japan's sensor-customer base is strong in harsh environment assemblies, such as defense, aerospace, and geophysics; and communications, said Sean Neylon, CEO, COLIBRYS.