1H12 Top 20 Semiconductor Sales Leaders

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Foundries Soar While Most Japanese Companies Crash in 2Q12 Ranking!  GlobalFoundries jumps five spots and now ranks 16th in the first half 2012 ranking. IC Insights, Aug 2, 2012.
http://www.icinsights.com/news/b ... sh-In-2Q12-Ranking/

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"GlobalFoundries’ 2Q12 sales jumped by 18% [2Q12/1Q12 % change], which helped move the company past UMC [16%] to become the second-largest foundry in the world.

"In contrast to the excellent performance of the foundries, the combined sales of the four Japanese companies in the top 20 ranking (Toshiba [-26%], Renesas [-10%], Sony, and Fujitsu [-23%]) dropped 16% in 2Q12 as compared to 1Q12, with Sony being the only Japanese company to register quarterly growth [3%].

Note: The same also show AMD with -11%, the third worst in the top 20.