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Intel will increase its market share by the end of 2007 to 12.5 percent, keeping its place as the world’s top chipmaker, while rival Advanced Micro Devices will drop out of the top 10, research firm iSuppli predicted.
Samsung Electronics will remain the world’s second-biggest chipmaker with 7.4 percent of the market, while Toshiba will rise to third place, pushing Texas Instruments to number No. 4, iSuppli said. Total semiconductor revenue is expected to reach $271 billion, up 4.1 percent from 2006. In September, iSuppli had said it expected the market to grow by 3.5 percent.
Sony has moved into eighth place from 14th in 2006 with a 57 percent increase in revenue, thanks to sales of chips for its PlayStation 3 game console. Toshiba’s higher revenue is also seen partly due to PlayStation 3 chip sales. Infineon was expected to benefit from a booming market in mobile phones to rise to 10th place from 15th, thanks to its own strengthening wireless business.
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