The top 10 consumer electronics companies bought $125.6billion worth of semiconductors in 2014, equivalent to 37% of all semiconductor purchases and 9.4% more than in 2013, according to a report from market analyst Gartner.
Together, Samsung Electronics and Apple bought $57.9bn of semiconductors in 2014, $3.9bn more than in 2013 and equivalent to 17% of total semiconductor demand. However, whilst the top 10 spenders grew their consumption by 9.4%, Apple and Samsung's combined spend grew by 7.1%.
According to Gartner, the top 10 spenders are:
Samsung Electronics
Apple
HP
Lenovo
Dell
Sony
Huawei
Cisco
LG Electronics
Toshiba
Author
Graham Pitcher
Source: www.newelectronics.co.uk