Intel expected to increase leadership of global chip market

December 14, 2007 – Intel will increase its share of the growing global semiconductor chip market to from 11.6% last year to 12.2% this year, according to research firm Gartner.

The semiconductors market is expected to grow 2.9% this year to reach US$270.3bn.  Intel’s revenue grew more than twice as fast as the market average this year, boosted by strong sales of laptop chips.  The revenue of rival firm Toshiba is expected to increase 28% this year, ahead of Texas Instruments, STMicroelectronics and Infineon.

“Semiconductor vendors need to watch the performance of their end customers even closer as a major part of the industry becomes increasingly tied to consumer spending patterns,” said Andrew Norwood, Research Vice President for Gartner.