Chip market in decline
Published: 01 Apr 1999 07:42 BST
The DRAM market suffered the steepest decline, with 1998 revenue down nearly 30 percent from 1997 revenue.
Intel still leads the field and now has 16.9 percent share of the world's seiiconductor market with nearest rival NEC capturing 6 percent of the market. Siemens experienced the strongest growth among leading vendors, growing by 9.2 percent last year and climbing to number eleven in chip charts.
According to Joe D'Elia, senior chip analyst the DRAM market is to blame. "The overcapacity in DRAM spread to other product categories and dragged most average selling prices down," he said.
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