Fabless Semiconductor Association's "On the Fabless Front" Highlights Fabless Companies by Q3 2003 Revenue; QUALCOMM CDMA Technologies, NVIDIA and Broadcom Lead Top Ten
SAN JOSE, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Nov. 17, 2003—
The Fabless Semiconductor Association (FSA), the global
voice of fabless and hybrid semiconductor companies and their foundry
and supply chain partners, announces the top ten fabless companies by
Q3 2003 revenue in its "On the Fabless Front" quarterly publication.
QUALCOMM's CDMA (Nasdaq:QCOM) division led all public fabless
companies in revenue for the quarter with $505.4 million. NVIDIA
(Nasdaq:NVDA) was second with $486.1 million, while Broadcom
(Nasdaq:BRCM) was third with $425.6 million. Others in the top ten
included ATI Technologies (Nasdaq:ATYT), Xilinx (Nasdaq:XLNX),
MediaTek (Taiwan:2454.TW), SanDisk (Nasdaq:SNDK), Marvell Technology
(Nasdaq:MRVL) (estimated revenue), Altera (Nasdaq:ALTR) and Conexant
(Nasdaq:CNXT), respectively.
Fabless revenue during the quarter totaled $4.5 billion, up 7.1%
sequentially from $4.2 billion in Q2 2003, and more than 26%
year-over-year from the $3.6 billion reported in Q3 2002.
The FSA also recorded 45 fabless companies involved in merger and
acquisition deals, totaling more than $2.6 billion to date in 2003.
One of the more notable M&A announcements included the $836 million
merger of Conexant and GlobespanVirata, announced in early November.
Ten of the year's acquisitions involved fabless companies
acquiring other fabless companies, while 35 acquisitions included
fabless companies acquiring other technology (semiconductor and
non-semiconductor) companies.
"On the Fabless Front" discusses this information, along with
other industry statistics including fabless fundings, fabless
financial news, foundry revenues and foundry utilization. For more
information, or to purchase this newsletter, visit
http://www.fsa.org/store.
About the Fabless Semiconductor Association
The FSA is the global voice of fabless and hybrid semiconductor
companies and their foundry and supply chain partners. Incorporated in
1994, the Association (www.fsa.org) is focused on the perpetuation of
the fabless business model throughout the worldwide semiconductor
industry. The organization encourages the relationship between
semiconductor companies and suppliers; facilitates business
partnerships; creates awareness of the fabless/outsourced business
model; disseminates industry data; and fosters standards and policies.
FSA members include fabless companies, integrated device
manufacturers (IDMs), foundry providers, packaging/assembly houses,
intellectual property providers, electronic design automation
companies, OEMs, photomask companies, design software companies,
investment bankers, venture capitalists and other companies. FSA
members represent more than 21 countries spanning North America,
Asia-Pacific, Europe and the Middle East.
Contact:
Fabless Semiconductor Association
Vivian Pangburn, 972-866-7579 ext.140
vpangburn@fsa.org
or
Media Contact:
Shelton PR
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