Motorola bah! They invent the cell phone, they power my slowpoke PowerBook and they're guilty of Economic Treason-by-Stupidity.
Motorola falls from Top 10 chip rankings for the first time
CMPnetAsia, Singapore - 24-Jul-2003
For the first time ever... Motorola fell from the top 10 rankings in terms of worldwide chip sales for the first half of 2003, according to Scottsdale-based IC Insights.
Motorola has been a fixture in the listing of top 10 semiconductor suppliers ever since the ranking was first compiled...
And how have the mighty fallen. In 1985, Motorola was the third largest semiconductor company in the world, and in 1995, the company held the fifth spot in the top 10 listing.
Meanwhile, Intel Corp. maintained its number one position among the worldwide top 10 semiconductor suppliers, with US$12.21 billion in sales for the first half of 2003, up 3 percent over the like period a year ago.
Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. remained in the second spot...Japan's Renesas Technology Corp. made the top 10 rankings for the first time....third largest IC maker in terms of sales in the first half of 2003, according to IC Insights. ...Japan's Toshiba Corp. retained the fifth spot with US$3.66 billion in sales, up 27 percent.
STMicroelectronics Inc. remained in sixth with US$3.32 billion in sales, up 15 percent, while Infineon Technologies AG and NEC Corp. switched places in the rankings.