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To: StanX Long who wrote (53000)	9/24/2001 1:02:17 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 70976

Automotive chip sales will grow 7% despite 2001 downturn, says report Semiconductor Business News (09/24/01 10:22 a.m. EST) EGHAM, England -- With the semiconductor business nearly totally wrecked in 2001, at least one market segment still appears to be moving forward, albeit at a much slower pace than last year. Automotive semiconductor sales are expected to grow 7% in 2001 to nearly $14 billion from $13.08 billion in 2000, said Dataquest Inc. today. Automotive semiconductor revenues grew 24.3% in 2000 from $10.52 billion in 1999, according to Dataquest analysts, based in Egham. While the global markets struggle with weak economic conditions, semiconductor applications in vehicles continue to grow in such applications as "telematics" and real-time driver information systems as well as in-car multimedia terminals for game consoles, Internet access, and real-time travel maps, Dataquest said. "With the increasing personalization and connectivity of the car, wireless and mobile computing technologies will positively impact the automotive semiconductor market," said Mike Williams, principal analyst in Dataquest's worldwide semiconductor group. According to Dataquest's most recent ranking of automotive chip suppliers, Motorola continued to be No. 1 in the segment last year with 10.8% market share, or $1.41 billion in 2000. Motorola's automotive chip sales grew 8.5% last year--from $1.30 billion in 1999--causing the company's market share to slip from its 12.3% in the prior year, said Dataquest. STMicroelectronics became the third largest automotive semiconductor supplier in 2000 with a 44.6% growth in sales to $807 million, compared to $558 million, Dataquest said. STMicroelectronics' market share was at 6.2% in 2000 vs. 5.3% in 1999. NEC Corp. in Japan maintained its No. 2 ranking in automotive semiconductors last year with an 18.1% increase to $836 million vs. $708 million in 1999. NEC's share was 6.4% in 2000 compared to 6.7% in 1999. Top automotive chip suppliers in 2000 Supplier 2000 sales 2000 share 1999 sales 1999 share % growth Motorola $1.409 billion 10.8% $1.299 billion 12.3% +8.5% NEC $836 million 6.4% $708 million 6.7% +18.1% STMicro $807 billion 6.2% $558 billion 5.3% +44.6% Infineon $718 million 5.5% $613 million 5.8% +17.1% Philips $596 million 4.6% $543 million 5.2% +9.7% Others $8.712 billion 66.6% $6.802 billion 64.6% +28.1% Total $13.078 billion 100% $10.523 billion 100% +24.3 Source: Dataquest