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The following is a table of the top semiconductor vendor companies in the world (by millions of dollars of sales)

2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998
Company Headquarters  Rank  Sales ($M)  Rank  Sales ($M)  Rank  Sales ($M)  Rank  Sales ($M)  Rank  Sales ($M)  Rank  Sales ($M)  Rank  Sales ($M)  Rank  Sales ($M)  Rank  Sales ($M)  Rank  Sales ($M)  Rank  Sales ($M)
Intel U.S. 1 34,490 1 35,021 1 31,359 1 35,395 1 31,430 1 27,030 1 24,084 1 23,850 1 30,400 1 25,810 1 22,784
Samsung South Korea 2 20,272 2 19,951 2 19,207 2 17,830 2 15,830 2 10,400 2 8,720 4 5,814 4 10,592 4 7,095 6 4,743
Texas Instruments (TI) U.S. 3 11,966 3 13,309 3 12,832 3 11,300 3 10,700 3 8,250 3 6,650 5 6,100 5 9,200 4 7,095 5 5,820
Toshiba Japan 4 11,059 4 11,850 4 10,166 4 9,116 7 8,531 5 7,355 5 4,823 2 6,781 2 11,388 3 7,594 4 5,913
TSMC* Taiwan 5 10,556 5 9,813 6 9,715 8 8,217 8 7,648 8 5,855 6 4,655
STMicroelectronics Europe 6 9,052 6 8,637 5 9,931 5 8,870 6 8,756 6 7,238 4 5,605 3 6,359 6 7,910 8 5,080 9 4,199
Renesas (formerly Hitachi Semiconductor) Japan 7 7,017 8 8,001 7 8,221 7 8,266 5 9,000 4 7,970 10 3,575 7 5,037 8 7,286 7 5,521 7 4,668
Qualcomm** U.S. 8 6,477 14 5,619 17 4,466 18 3,457 20 3,224 22 2,466 21 1,942
Sony Japan 9 6,420 9 7,203 16 4,875 9 5,845 12 5,070 13 3,933 18 2,520 20 2,100 19 3,300
Hynix (formerly Hynudai Electronics) South Korea 10 6,182 7 9,201 9 7,365 11 5,599 15 4,648 20 2,516 17 2,544 18 2,450 11 6,400
Infineon Europe 11 5,972 10 5,772 15 5,195 6 8,297 4 9,180 7 7,109 7 4,481 9 4,558 9 6,853 10 5,010 10 3,909
AMD (with Spansion before 2004) U.S. 12 5,808 11 6,013 8 7,471 16 3,936 22 2,659 12 3,940 15 2,697 12 3,891 15 4,644
NEC Japan 13 5,732 13 5,593 12 5,696 13 5,593 9 6,469 9 5,603 8 4,450 6 5,309 3 10,900 2 9,216 2 8,227
Micron U.S. 14 5,688 16 5,520 14 5,290 14 4,970 14 4,652 15 3,575 14 2,845 19 2,411 10 6,448
NXP (formerly Philips Semiconductor) Europe 15 5,318 12 6,026 10 6,221 10 5,646 10 5,692 11 4,512 12 3,482 10 4,235 12 5,837 9 5,065 8 4,448
Freescale (formerly Motorola Semiconductor) U.S. 16 4,898 15 5,447 11 6,059 12 5,598 11 5,519 10 4,654 9 4,335 8 4,828 7 7,875 6 6,425 3 7,088
Broadcom** U.S. 17 4,509 20 3,754 19 3,657 23 2,643 24 2,377 28 1,610
Fujitsu Japan 18 4,462 4,568 19 3,370 17 3,535 18 2,955 13 2,980 15 3,084 16 4,470
Panasonic Japan 19 4,321 19 3,810 18 4,124 15 4,070 13 4,725 14 3,675 19 2,320 14 3,176 18 4,150
nVidia** U.S. 20 3,660 21 3,979 28 2,475 25 2,353 28 1,975 26 1,820 22 1,915
Qimonda Europe 17 4,005 13 5,549
Elpida Japan 18 3,838 23 3,354 28 1,953 31 1,738 50 760
Sharp Japan 22 3,401 20 3,476 21 2,850 18 3,355 17 3,035 22 1,858 22 2,550
UMC* Taiwan 23 20 3,259 16 3,900 19 2,740 20 1,950
IBM U.S. 24 2,977 24 3,151 17 3,495 19 3,230 16 3,115 11 3,500 11 3,898 17 4,329
Marvell** U.S. 25 2,777 38 1,631 47 1,190 49 780
Analog Devices U.S. 26 2,707 27 2,599 24 2,370 23 2,570 24 2,100 23 1,797 21 1,897 21 2,571
Rohm Japan 27 2,633 25 2,964 22 2,813 21 2,818 21 2,490
Spansion U.S. 26 2,617 29 1,912 25 2,342
Sandisk** U.S. 26 2,067 37 1,603 42 982
National U.S. 27 1,962 27 2,048 29 1,560 24 1,626 25 2,301
Avago** U.S. 30 1,825 29 1,950
ATI** Canada 31 1,810 34 1,670
Oki Japan 32 1,775 32 1,720 30 1,360
Sanyo Japan 33 1,715 26 2,150 23 2,245 24 1,775 17 2,675 20 3,260
Atmel U.S. 34 1,676 36 1,650 31 1,331
Maxim U.S. 35 1,670 35 1,662 35 1,229
Agere U.S. 36 1,669 30 1,870 25 1,920 25 1,700 16 3,051 13 4,875
Xilinx** U.S. 37 1,645 38 1,585 32 1,304
Powerchip Taiwan 39 1,603 33 1,716 56 666
Nanya Taiwan 40 1,546 45 1,211 48 825
MediaTek** Taiwan 41 1,444 48 1,172 39 1,104
Mitsubishi Japan 42 1,345 40 1,360 36 1,155 16 2,640 13 3,473 14 4,740
LSI Logic U.S. 43 1,321 44 1,248 34 1,270 25 1,597 23 2,448
Fairchild U.S. 44 1,310 39 1,458 33 1,273
ON Semi U.S. 45 1,261 43 1,267 40 1,065
SMIC* China 46 1,172 53 975
Vishay U.S. 47 1,142 46 1,204
Chartered* Singapore 48 1,132 50 1,103 53 728
Altera** U.S. 49 1,124 52 1,016 47 827
IR U.S. 50 1,115 49 1,125 41 1,050
Agilent U.S. 27 2,011 27 1,635 23 1,671 24 2,400
Seiko Epson Japan 39 1,325 37 1,150
ProMOS Taiwan 40 1,283 52 729
MagnaChip* South Korea 49 1,085 45 831
 
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