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==Foundry sales leaders by year== * '''Pure-play semiconductor foundry''' is a company that does not offer a significant amount of IC products of its own design, but instead operates [[semiconductor fabrication plant]]s focused on producing ICs for other companies.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://epsnews.com/2020/09/22/pure-play-foundry-market-on-pace-for-strongest-growth-since-2014/ |title=Pure-Play Foundry Market On Pace For Strongest Growth Since 2014 |date=22 September 2020 |publisher=EPS News |access-date=2021-01-06}}</ref> * '''[[Integrated device manufacturer]] (IDM) semiconductor foundry''' is where companies such as [[Texas Instruments]], [[IBM]], and [[Samsung]] join in to provide foundry services as long as there is no conflict of interest between relevant parties. === 2023 === {| class="wikitable" |+As of 2023, the top semiconductor foundries were:<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chung |first=Eden |title=Press Center - Global Top 10 Foundries Q4 Revenue Up 7.9%, Annual Total Hits US$111.54 Billion in 2023, Says TrendForce {{!}} TrendForce - Market research, price trend of DRAM, NAND Flash, LEDs, TFT-LCD and green energy, PV |url=https://www.trendforce.com/presscenter/news/20240312-12072.html |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=TrendForce |language=en}}</ref> |- !Rank ! rowspan="2" |Company ! rowspan="2" |Foundry type ! rowspan="2" |Country/Territory of origin ! colspan="2" |Revenue (million [[United States dollar|USD]]) |- ! 2023 ! Q4 2023 ! Q3 2023 |- | 1 |[[TSMC]] | Pure-play |Taiwan | 19,660 | 17,249 |- |2 |[[Samsung Electronics|Samsung Semiconductor]] |IDM |Korea |3,619 |3,690 |- | 3 |[[GlobalFoundries]] | Pure-play |United States | 1,854 | 1,852 |- | 4 |[[United Microelectronics Corporation|UMC]] | Pure-play |Taiwan | 1,727 | 1,801 |- | 5 |[[Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation|SMIC]] | Pure-play |China | 1,678 | 1,620 |- |6 |[[Hua Hong Semiconductor]] |Pure-play |China |657 |766 |- | 7 |[[Tower Semiconductor]] | Pure-play |Israel | 352 | 358 |- | 8 |[[Powerchip Semiconductor|PowerChip]] | IDM |Taiwan | 330 | 305 |- |9 |[[Nexchip]] |Pure-play |China |308 |283 |- | 10 |[[Vanguard International Semiconductor Corporation|Vanguard]] (VIS) | Pure-play |Taiwan | 304 | 333 |} === 2017 === {| class="wikitable" |+As of 2017, the top pure-play semiconductor foundries were:<ref>{{Cite web|title=Press Center β TrendForce Reports Top 10 Ranking of Global Semiconductor Foundries of 2017, TSMC Ranks First with Market Share of 55.9% {{!}} TrendForce β Market research, price trend of DRAM, NAND Flash, LEDs, TFT-LCD and green energy, PV|url=https://www.trendforce.com/presscenter/news/20171129-9922.html|access-date=2020-07-01|website=TrendForce|language=en}}</ref> |- !Rank ! rowspan="2" |Company ! rowspan="2" |Foundry type ! rowspan="2" |Country/Territory of origin ! colspan="2" |Revenue (million [[United States dollar|USD]]) |- ! 2017 ! 2017 ! 2016 |- | 1 |[[TSMC]] | Pure-play |Taiwan | 32,040 | 29,437 |- | 2 |[[GlobalFoundries]] | Pure-play |United States | 5,407 | 4,999 |- | 3 |[[United Microelectronics Corporation|UMC]] | Pure-play |Taiwan | 4,898 | 4,587 |- | 4 |[[Samsung Electronics|Samsung Semiconductor]] | IDM |Korea | 7,398 | 4,284 |- | 5 |[[Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation|SMIC]] | Pure-play |China | 3,099 | 2,914 |- | 6 |[[TowerJazz]] | Pure-play |Israel | 1,388 | 1,249 |- | 7 |[[Powerchip Semiconductor|PowerChip]] | IDM |Taiwan | 1,035 | 870 |- | 8 |[[Vanguard International Semiconductor Corporation|Vanguard]] (VIS) | Pure-play |Taiwan | 817 | 801 |- | 9 | [[Hua Hong Semiconductor]] | Pure-play |China | 807 | 721 |- | 10 | [[Dongbu HiTek]] | Pure-play |Korea | 676 | 666 |} ===2016β2014=== {| class="wikitable" |+ As of 2016, the top pure-play semiconductor foundries were:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1331242|title=X-Fab is Fastest Growing Foundry|publisher=EE Times|date=23 January 2017|access-date=2017-05-10|first=Dylan|last=McGrath|archive-date=2017-01-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170129040014/http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1331242|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eenewsanalog.com/news/smic-tower-x-fab-are-strongest-growing-pure-play-foundries|title=SMIC, Tower, X-Fab are strongest growing pure-play foundries|publisher=eeNews Analog|date=16 January 2017|access-date=2021-01-29|first=Peter|last=Clarke}}</ref> |- ! colspan=2|Rank ! rowspan=2|Company ! rowspan=2|Foundry type ! rowspan=2|Country/Territory of origin ! colspan=3|Revenue (million [[United States dollar|USD]]) |- ! 2016 ! 2015 ! 2016 ! 2015 ! 2014 |- | 1 | 1 | [[TSMC]] | Pure-play | Taiwan | 29,488 | 25,574 | 25,138 |- | 2 | 2 | [[GlobalFoundries]] | Pure-play | United States | 5,545 | 5,019 | 4,355 |- | 3 | 3 | [[United Microelectronics Corporation|UMC]] | Pure-play | Taiwan | 4,582 | 4,464 | 4,331 |- | 4 | 4 | [[Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation|SMIC]] | Pure-play | China | 2,921 | 2,236 | 1,970 |- | 5 | 5 | [[Powerchip Semiconductor|PowerChip]] | Pure-play | Taiwan | 1,275 | 1,268 | 1,291 |- | 6 | 6 | [[TowerJazz]] | Pure-play | Israel | 1,249 | 961 | 828 |- |- | 8 | 8 | [[Vanguard International Semiconductor Corporation|Vanguard]] (VIS) | Pure-play | Taiwan | 800 | 736 | 790 |- | 9 | 9 | Hua Hong Semi | Pure-play | China | 712 | 650 | 665 |- | 10 | 10 | [[Dongbu HiTek]] | Pure-play | Korea | 672 | 593 | 541 |- | 11 | 12 | [[X-Fab]] | Pure-play | Germany | 510 | 331 | 330 |- |- | colspan=2| | Others | Pure-play | | 2,251 | 2,405 | 2,280 |} ===2013=== {| class="wikitable" |+ As of 2013, the top 13 semiconductor foundries were:<ref>[http://www.icinsights.com/news/bulletins/Top-13-Foundries-Account-For-91-Of-Total-Foundry-Sales-In-2013/ IC Insights: Top 13 Foundries Account for 91% of Total Foundry Sales in 2013]</ref> |- ! 2013 Rank ! 2012 Rank ! Company ! Foundry Type ! Country/Territory of origin ! Revenue (million $[[United States dollar|USD]]) |- | 1 | 1 | [[TSMC]] | Pure-play | Taiwan | 19,850 |- | 2 | 2 | [[GlobalFoundries]] | Pure-play | United States | 4,261 |- | 3 | 3 | [[United Microelectronics Corporation|UMC]] | Pure-play | Taiwan | 3,959 |- | 4 | 4 | [[Samsung Electronics|Samsung Semiconductor]] | IDM | Korea | 3,950 |- | 5 | 5 | [[Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation|SMIC]] | Pure-play | China | 1,973 |- |- | 7 | 8 | [[Powerchip Semiconductor|PowerChip]] | Pure-play | Taiwan | 1,175 |- | 8 | 9 | [[Vanguard International Semiconductor Corporation|Vanguard]] (VIS) | Pure-play | Taiwan | 713 |- | 9 | 6 | [[Huahong Grace]] | Pure-play | China | 710 |- | 10 | 10 | [[Dongbu]] | Pure-play | Korea | 570 |- | 11 | 7 | [[TowerJazz]] | Pure-play | Israel | 509 |- | 12 | 11 | [[IBM]] | IDM | United States | 485 |- | 13 | 12 | [[MagnaChip]] | IDM | Korea | 411 |- | 14 | 13 | [[Win Semiconductors]] | Pure-play | Taiwan | 354 |- |- |} ===2011=== {| class="wikitable" |+ As of 2011, the top 14 semiconductor foundries were:<ref>[http://semimd.com/blog/2012/02/10/umc-seeks-to-shed-image-as-%e2%80%98fast-follower%e2%80%99/ semimd.com: 2011 Major IC Foundries] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130526153246/http://semimd.com/blog/2012/02/10/umc-seeks-to-shed-image-as-%E2%80%98fast-follower%E2%80%99/ |date=26 May 2013 }}.</ref> |- ! Rank ! Company ! Foundry type ! Country/Territory of origin ! Revenue (million [[United States dollar|USD]]) |- | 1 | [[TSMC]] | Pure-play | Taiwan | 14,600 |- | 2 | [[United Microelectronics Corporation|UMC]] | Pure-play | Taiwan | 3,760 |- | 3 | [[GlobalFoundries]] | Pure-play | United States | 3,580 |- | 4 | [[Samsung Electronics|Samsung Semiconductor]] | IDM | Korea | 1,975 |- | 5 | [[Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation|SMIC]] | Pure-play | China | 1,315 |- | 6 | [[TowerJazz]] | Pure-play | Israel | 610 |- | 7 | [[Vanguard International Semiconductor Corporation|Vanguard]] (VIS) | Pure-play | Taiwan | 519 |- | 8 | [[Dongbu HiTek]] | Pure-play | Korea | 500 |- | 9 | [[IBM]] | IDM | United States | 445 |- | 10 | [[MagnaChip]] | IDM | Korea | 350 |- | 11 | [[Systems on Silicon Manufacturing|SSMC]] | Pure-play | Singapore | 345 |- | 12 | [[Hua Hong NEC]] | Pure-play | China | 335 |- | 13 | [[Win Semiconductors]] | Pure-play | Taiwan | 300 |- | 14 | [[X-Fab]] | Pure-play | Germany | 285 |} ===2010=== {| class="wikitable" |+ As of 2010, the top 10 semiconductor foundries were:<ref>[http://www.dongbuhitek.com/Data/File/CyberPr/CompanyProfile(Eng)-110801.pdf dongbuhitek.com: 2010 Foundry Ranking (citing Gartner)] (PDF).</ref> |- ! Rank ! Company ! Foundry Type ! Country/Territory of origin ! Revenue (million [[United States dollar|USD]]) |- | 1 | [[TSMC]] | Pure-play | Taiwan | 13,332 |- | 2 | [[United Microelectronics Corporation|UMC]] | Pure-play | Taiwan | 3,824 |- | 3 | [[GlobalFoundries]] | Pure-play | United States | 3,520 |- | 4 | [[Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation|SMIC]] | Pure-play | China | 1,554 |- | 5 | [[Dongbu HiTek]] | Pure-play | Korea | 512 |- | 6 | [[Tower Semiconductor|TowerJazz]] | Pure-play | Israel | 509 |- | 7 | [[Vanguard International Semiconductor Corporation|Vanguard]] (VIS) | Pure-play | Taiwan | 505 |- | 8 | [[IBM]] | IDM | United States | 500 |- | 9 | [[MagnaChip]] | IDM | Korea | 410 |- | 10 | [[Samsung Electronics|Samsung Semiconductor]] | IDM | Korea | 390 |} ===2009β2007=== As of 2009, the top 17 semiconductor foundries were:<ref>[http://pradeepchakraborty.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/foundries.jpg IC Insights, "2009 Major IC Foundries" March 2009].</ref> {|class="wikitable" style="text-align=left;" !Rank !Rowspan="2"|Company !Rowspan="2"|Foundry type !Rowspan="2"|Country/Territory of origin !Colspan="3"|Revenue (million [[United States dollar|USD]]) |- !2009 !2009 !2008 !2007 |- |1||[[TSMC]] || Pure-play ||Taiwan||8,989||10,556||9,813 |- |2||[[United Microelectronics Corporation|UMC]] || Pure-play ||Taiwan||2,815||3,070||3,430 |- |3||[[Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing|Chartered]]<small>(1)</small> || Pure-play ||Singapore||1,540||1,743||1,458 |- |4||[[GlobalFoundries]] || Pure-play ||USA||1,101||0||0 |- |5||[[Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation|SMIC]] || Pure-play ||China||1,075||1,353||1,550 |- |6||[[Dongbu]] || Pure-play ||South Korea||395||490||510 |- |7||[[Vanguard International Semiconductor Corporation|Vanguard]] || Pure-play ||Taiwan||382||511||486 |- |8||[[IBM]] || IDM ||USA||335||400||570 |- |9||[[Samsung]] || IDM ||South Korea||325||370||355 |- |10||[[Grace Semiconductor|Grace]] || Pure-play ||China||310||335||310 |- |11||[[Hejian Technology Corporation|HeJian]] || Pure-play ||China||305||345||330 |- |12||[[Tower Semiconductor]] || Pure-play ||Israel||292||252||231 |- |13||[[HHNEC]] || Pure-play ||China||290||350||335 |- |14||[[Systems on Silicon Manufacturing|SSMC]] || Pure-play ||Singapore||280||340||359 |- |15||[[Texas Instruments]] || IDM ||USA||250||315||450 |- |16||[[X-Fab]] || Pure-play ||Germany||223||368||410 |- |17||[[MagnaChip]] || IDM ||South Korea||220||290||322 |} <small>(1) Now acquired by GlobalFoundries</small> ===2008β2006=== As of 2008, the top 18 pure-play semiconductor foundries were:<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110719142642/http://www.semiconductor.net/articles/blog/270000427/20090304/TopFoundries520.jpg IC Insights, "Leading Pure-Play Foundry Companies" March 2009]}}.</ref> {|class="wikitable" style="text-align=left;" !Rank !Rowspan="2"|Company !Rowspan="2"|Country/Territory of origin !Colspan="3"|Revenue (million [[United States dollar|USD]]) |- !2008 !2008 !2007 !2006 |- |1||[[TSMC]] ||Taiwan||10,556||9,813||9,748 |- |2||[[United Microelectronics Corporation|UMC]]||Taiwan||3,400||3,755||3,670 |- |3||[[Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing|Chartered]]||Singapore||1,743||1,458||1,527 |- |4||[[Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation|SMIC]]||China||1,354||1,550||1,465 |- |5||[[Vanguard International Semiconductor Corporation|Vanguard]]||Taiwan||511||486||398 |- |6||[[Dongbu HiTek|Dongbu]]||South Korea||490||510||456 |- |7||[[X-Fab]]||Germany||400||410||290 |- |8||[[HHNEC]]||China||350||335||315 |- |9||[[Hejian Technology Corporation|HeJian]]||China||345||330||290 |- |10||[[Systems on Silicon Manufacturing|SSMC]]||Singapore||340||350||325 |- |11||Grace||China||335||310||227 |- |12||[[Tower Semiconductor]]||Israel||252||231||187 |- |13||[[Jazz Semiconductor]]||United States||190||182||213 |- |14||[[Silterra]]||Malaysia||175||180||155 |- |15||[[ASMC]]||China||149||155||170 |- |16||[[Polar Semiconductor]]||Japan||110||105||95 |- |17||[[Mosel-Vitelic]]||Taiwan||100||105||155 |- |18||[[CR Micro]] <small>(1)</small>||China||-||143||114 |- |colspan="3"|Others||140||167||180 |- |colspan="3"|Total||20,980||20,575||19,940 |} <small>(1) Merged with CR Logic in 2008, reclassified as an IDM foundry</small> ===2007β2005=== As of 2007, the top 14 semiconductor foundries include:<ref>[http://www.eetasia.com/IMAGES/EEOL_2008MAY08_MFG_NT_02.gif IC Insights, "2007 Major IC Foundries"].</ref> {|class="wikitable" style="text-align=left;" !Rank !Rowspan="2"|Company !Rowspan="2"|Foundry type !Rowspan="2"|Country/Territory of origin !Colspan="3"|Revenue (million [[United States dollar|USD]]) |- !2007 !2007 !2006 !2005 |- |1||[[TSMC]] ||Pure-Play||Taiwan||9,813||9,748||8,217 |- |2||[[United Microelectronics Corporation|UMC]]||Pure-Play||Taiwan||3,755||3,670||3,259 |- |3||[[Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation|SMIC]]||Pure-Play||China||1,550||1,465||1,171 |- |4||[[Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing|Chartered]]||Pure-Play||Singapore||1,458||1,527||1,132 |- |5||[[Texas Instruments]]||[[Integrated device manufacturer|IDM]]||United States||610||585||540 |- |6||[[IBM]]||IDM||United States||570||600||665 |- |7||[[Dongbu HiTek|Dongbu]]||Pure-Play||South Korea||510||456||347 |- |8||[[Vanguard International Semiconductor Corporation|Vanguard]]||Pure-Play||Taiwan||486||398||353 |- |9||[[X-Fab]]||Pure-Play||Germany||410||290||202 |- |10||[[Samsung]]||IDM||South Korea||385||75||- |- |11||[[Systems on Silicon Manufacturing|SSMC]]||Pure-Play||Singapore||350||325||280 |- |12||[[HHNEC]]||Pure-Play||China||335||315||313 |- |13||[[Hejian Technology Corporation|HeJian]]||Pure-Play||China||330||290||250 |- |14||[[MagnaChip]]||IDM||South Korea||322||342||345 |} For ranking in worldwide:<ref>[https://archive.today/20120730063652/http://i.cmpnet.com/eetimes/eedesign/2007/chart1_031407.gif IC Insights, "Worldwide 2006 Top 25 Semiconductor Sales Leaders"].</ref> {|class="wikitable" style="text-align=left;" !colspan="2"|Rank !rowspan="2"|Company !rowspan="2"|Country/Territory of origin !colspan="2"|Revenue (million USD) !rowspan="2"|2006/2005 changes |- !2006 !2005 !2006 !2005 |- |6||7||[[TSMC]]||Taiwan||9,748||8,217||+19% |- |21||22||[[United Microelectronics Corporation|UMC]]||Taiwan||3,670||3,259||+13% |} ===2004=== As of 2004, the top 10 pure-play semiconductor foundries were: {{Citation needed|date=March 2009}} {|class="wikitable" style="text-align=left;" !Rank 2004 !Company !Country/Territory of origin |- |1||[[TSMC]]||Taiwan |- |2||[[United Microelectronics Corporation|UMC]]||Taiwan |- |3||[[Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing|Chartered]]||Singapore |- |4||[[Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation|SMIC]]||China |- |5||[[Dongbu HiTek|Dongbu]]/Anam||South Korea |- |6||[[Systems on Silicon Manufacturing|SSMC]]||Singapore |- |7||[[HHNEC]]||China |- |8||[[Jazz Semiconductor]]||United States |- |9||[[Silterra]]||Malaysia |- |10||[[X-Fab]]||Germany 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