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According to Korea’s e-news report, the South Korean industry compared sales of system LSI specialists in the first half of 2011, Samsung surpassed that of Qualcomm for the first time, and jumped to the sixth position in the world. In the first half of 2010, Samsung’s revenue in the system LSI field was US$2.547 billion, which was in the same period of Qualcomm. The revenue was 3.228 billion U.S. dollars, ranking high-pass after a gap of 680 million U.S. dollars.
In the first half of 2011, the major system LSI industry’s revenue was steadily taking the lead with Intel’s $23.89 billion. TSMC holds the second place with US$7.432 billion. Texas Instruments, Renesas, and STMicroelectronics are all close behind. This is the first time that Samsung has surpassed Qualcomm since its entry into the system LSI business.
The Samsung System LSI Business started operating in the second half of 2010. In the first half of 2011, Apple provided mobile application processors. Revenues also increased significantly. The expansion of high-pixel CMOS sensors also played an important role.
Samsung plans to implement 30-nanometer process LSI in the fourth quarter of 2011, and officially mass-produce the 1.5GHz Quad Core application processor Celox. The second half of the first quarter of 2012 will be converted to a 20nm process to produce a 4-core application processor. After setting up a new system LSI production line in Austin, USA, it will also significantly increase its sales in the North American market in the second half of the year.
South Korea's Kiwoom Securities executive stated that Samsung’s system LSI is expanding with microfabrication technology. In 2012, the business area will be expected to expand from the existing application processor market for smart phones and tablet computers to Windows 8 notebook computer (NB) CPUs. market. After mid-2012, Samsung may even become a strong threat to Intel status.
South Korean industry experts pointed out that after adding 12 new factories in 2012, Samsung will make another big step forward. Samsung expects to enter the power chip business in the third quarter of 2012. After 2012, Samsung is expected to enter the top 3 in the global system LSI field.
Understand that Samsung Electronics' system LSI for the first time squeezed down Qualcomm in the first half of 2011 and advanced to sixth place. Samsung’s sales performance in the first half of 2011 was close to US$4.5 billion, an increase of 70% over the first half of 2010. South Korean industry experts pointed out that before 2008, Samsung has been in the relevant field has been hovering in the 10, in 2012 Samsung is expected to squeeze into the top 3.