FSA reports Fabless Rev Up 37%

Electronic News - Fabless Rev Up 37%

Reflecting the robust growth across the semiconductor industry, the Fabless Semiconductor Association (FSA) has announced that Q1 revenue for public fabless companies grew by 37 percent year-over-year to $8.2 billion.
Communications companies led the pack. Qualcomm's CDMA technologies division led in sales for public fabless companies in Q1 with $711 million. Broadcom was second with $573 million. Graphics company Nvidia rounded out the top three with $472 million.
The top 20 companies included five from Taiwan -- MediaTek, A-Data, Via Technologies, NovaTek