FACTBOX-Key facts about Asia's major chip makers
SEOUL, June 13 (Reuters) - Asian companies are dominating the world memory chip market and the following are key facts
about the region's major chip makers, compiled by Reuters (in US$ mln, cents, percent):
(US$1 = 1,168 won, 118 yen, 32.5 Taiwan dollars)
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1999 1998 1997
forecasts actual actual
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SALES REVENUE (million U.S. dollars)
Hyundai Electronics ~ 3,781.7 2,988.9
Industries Co
LG Semicon Co ~ 2,393.8 1,718.3
NEC Corp ~ 31,237.3 34,542.4
Samsung Electronics ~ 17,195.2 15,809.1
Co
Taiwan Semiconductor ~ 1,545.6 1,351.9
Manufacturing Corp
Toshiba Corp ~ 31,355.9 32,389.8
United Microelectronics ~ 565.9 770.9
Corp
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NET ATTRIBUTABLE (million U.S. dollars)
Hyundai 18.3 -124.2 -157.1
LG 35.8 39.5 -248.0
NEC ~ -1,189.0 343.3
Samsung 577.1 268.2 105.7
Taiwan Semiconductor 622.1 472.1 552.6
Toshiba ~ 280.1 509.6
United 238.1 135.6 299.7
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EARNINGS PER SHARE (cents)
Hyundai 16 -109 -283
LG 32 139 -356
NEC 14 -74 22
Samsung 420 215 106
Taiwan Semiconductor 10 ~ ~
Toshiba 6 -4 9
United 4 ~ ~
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WORLD SEMICON MARKET SHARE (percent)
Hyundai ~ 1.3 1.3
LG ~ 1.1 1.2
NEC ~ 6.0 6.9
Samsung ~ 3.5 4.0
Taiwan Semiconductor ~ ~ ~
Toshiba ~ 4.3 4.9
United ~ 0.2 0.3
All Asian companies ~ 37.1 40.8
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WORLD MEMORY MARKET SHARE (percent)
Hyundai ~ 7.3 6.2
LG ~ 5.3 4.8
NEC ~ 9.1 10.4
Samsung ~ 15.4 14.9
Taiwan Semiconductor ~ ~ ~
Toshiba ~ 5.0 4.8
United ~ 0.0 0.0
All Asian companies ~ 68.5 67.8
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WORLD DRAM MARKET SHARE (percent)
Hyundai ~ 11.4 9.0
LG ~ 7.9 6.7
NEC ~ 11.0 12.1
Samsung ~ 18.6 18.8
Taiwan Semiconductor ~ ~ ~
Toshiba ~ 5.0 5.0
United ~ ~ ~
All Asian companies ~ 78.5 77.1
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WORLD MARKET SCALE (US$ bln on average exchange rates)
Total semicon revenue 153 136.2 147.2
Memory revenue ~ 24.6 31.0
DRAM revenue ~ 15.3 20.7
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SOURCES: Each company, Barra's The Estimate Directory, IBES International, Dataquest, Internet sites
NOTE: ~ indicates data is unavailable, fiscal year ends on March 31 the next year for Japanese companies.
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