Texas Instruments is Number One Vendor in Industrial Electronic Semiconductors

According to IHS iSuppli's research report, the strong growth of the industrial electronic semiconductor market in 2010 made Texas Instruments one of the undisputed hegemons. The previous two years, the market was suppressed by the economic recession.

Texas Instruments ranks in the top five of the six sub-sectors of industrial electronic semiconductors. Its 2010 industrial electronics semiconductor revenue was 1.79 billion U.S. dollars and its market share was 6.5%. Texas Instruments, headquartered in Dallas, USA, believes that there are several factors that helped it rank first, including the establishment of strongholds around the world; the industrial electronics market has good visibility in almost all areas, including automation, medical, energy, and military; Has a strong product line in analog, microcontrollers and digital signal processing. The completion of the acquisition of National Semiconductor in the third quarter of this year is expected to further strengthen the leading position of Texas Instruments, which will be reflected in the rankings at the end of 2011.

Overall, in the field of industrial electronic semiconductors, the revenue of five manufacturers in 2010 was between 1 billion and 2 billion U.S. dollars, and the total revenue of the top 10 suppliers was 11.45 billion U.S. dollars, accounting for almost 27.4 billion U.S. dollars. %,As shown in Table 1. Semiconductors belonging to the industrial electronics category include discrete components, optical components, sensors and actuators, microcontrollers, and integrated circuits that govern analog, miniature components, logic, and memory.

Industrial electronics covers a wide range of applications covering a wide range of applications including manufacturing and process automation, test and measurement, medical electronics, construction and home control, energy generation and distribution, military and civil aviation. Following the basically flat in 2008 and shrinking in 2009, the revenue of industrial electronic semiconductors surged by 35% in 2010. In 2008 and 2009, the market, like many other markets, suffered a recession. Although the growth rate of this market has significantly declined in the second half of this year, positive growth can still be achieved throughout 2011 and it is expected to maintain a double-digit growth rate until 2017.

Ranked second in 2010 is Italy-France joint venture STMicroelectronics, with an operating electronics semiconductor operating income of US$1.59 billion and a market share of 5.8%. Although Texas Instruments ranked high in several subfields, it failed to win the first place in any subfield. In contrast, STMicroelectronics holds the first place in manufacturing processes and automation, and ranks first in the medical field.

Last year’s third was Infineon, a German company with operating income of US$1.42 billion and a market share of 5.2%. It is the number one semiconductor supplier in the energy sector.

Intel ranked fourth with operating income of US$1.21 billion and market share of 4.4%. Industrial electronics accounted for only 3% of the semiconductor giant’s overall semiconductor revenue of US$40.4 billion.

After Intel alone, it is also a U.S. manufacturer, which is headquartered in Analog Devices Inc., Massachusetts, United States. In 2010, operating income was 1.19 billion U.S. dollars and its market share was 4.3%.

Among other top 10 manufacturers, Japan’s Renesas Electronics ranked sixth, Japan’s Toshiba ranked seventh, Netherlands NXP ranked eighth, U.S. Maxim Integrated Products ranked ninth, and Japan’s Mitsubishi ranked tenth.