Chip market fell 2.3% in 2015, says Gartner
Gartner reckons the chip market revenue was $334.8 billion in 2015, a 2.3 percent decline from 2014. This is a steeper drop than the 2.0 percent contraction estimated by IHS (see Global chip market to shrink for three years, says IHS). The combined revenue of the top 25 semiconductor vendors fell by 0.5 percent during 2015. The top 25 vendors accounted for 73.5 percent of the market, down slightly from 74 percent in 2014.
“Non-optical sensors performed best due to increased usage of fingerprint sensors in smartphones, while discretes saw the strongest decline due to a mix of weak demand and currency issues,” said Andrew Norwood, research vice president at Gartner, in a statement.
Gartner did not provide a forecast for 2016.
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