76% of all chips sold in 2007 go to Top100 OEM

The main application area is still the data processing segment with 37%, followed by communications electronics with 28%. The consumer electronics sector is third with 18%, followed by industrial with 9% and automotive with 8%. In respect to companies, HP has shown the strongest demand in semiconductors with $6.5 billion, followed by Nokia, Dell and Samsung (which all showed more than $11 billion each in demand). However, all of these companies have a strong computer and/or mobile phone business. Chart: produced by evertiq (data: Gartner)