By Alvin Alexander. Last updated: January 24, 2014
Samsung and Apple collectively reported a 17% rise in their semiconductor demand during 2013.Together the firms saw $53.7bn of semiconductors consumed for the year, up $7.7bn from the previous year, a new Gartner report revealed.
The report also revealed that the top 10 firms outperformed the overall semiconductor buying market by purchasing $114bn worth semiconductors and accounted for 36% of semiconductor vendors' global revenue in 2013, up from $105.1bn.
Gartner principal research analyst Masatsune Yamaji said that Samsung Electronics and Apple have topped the semiconductor consumption table for three years running, with their share of the design total available market (TAM) rising from 12 per cent in 2011, to 17per cent in 2013.
