Top10 mobile phone core IC makers

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Top10 mobile phone core IC makers
The San Diego-based chip maker has held the top position since 2007 and even enlarged its lead by 8 percentage points during the period.
South Korea’s Samsung Electronics was the No. 2 vendor after Qualcomm, with a 21 percent share, after not even ranking in in the Top 10 in 2007.

Cellphone Core IC Market, Top Vendors (Market share percentage based on total revenue)

Rank Company  2007 2012*
1 Qualcomm 23%         31%
2 Samsung Electronics N/A 21%
3 MediaTek 6% 9%
4 Intel N/A 6%
5 Skyworks Solutions 3% 4%
6 Texas Instruments 20% 4%
7 ST-Ericsson 6% 4%
8 Renesas Electronics 4% 3%
9 Speadtrum Communications N/A 3%
10 Broadcom N/A 2%
- Others 39% 14%

- Total 100% 100%

*2012 consists of Q1-Q3 revenue and estimated Q4 revenue

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