Semiconductor Companies Who would have thought that silicon would come to affect the 21st century in a big

way as it has? The in genius production of semi conductors used in a spectra of electronic devices from the big and most powerful device on earth, the supercomputer, to the small electronic toy car. The production of semiconductors has therefore played out to include one of the biggest manufacturing industries in the world with half of all of them based in China due to cheap labor and cheap and ine haustible raw material. The other half is distributed in !ar "ast and #acific $sia in %apan, South &orea, 'alaysia, (ndonesia, Taiwan, #hilippines and Singapore and also significantly portion in the )nited States. The following is an intricate categori*ation of semiconductor companies. We start off with the assembly and testing semiconductor companies. They are responsible for the provision of outsourced semiconductor assembly and testing +,S$T-S$TS.. They main purpose is to pac/age and test semiconductor chips with latest microwave wafer technology probe. The companies with a significant reputation in the sector include0 $m/or, Signetics, )T$C, Cascade and Tessolve. The second group of the semiconductor companies is defunct companies. These were companies with a significant role but due to competition and inability to evolve as the times dictated they were pushed out, hence non1e istent in the present day. They were the companies that were in the forefront during the silicon microchip boom of the 12345s to 12245s. They include0 Charted Semiconductor manufacturing, (' !lash Singapore, Sanyo, 6umony , and Techwell. They either were ta/en over by other companies willingly or in a hostile ta/eover or dissolved. 'ost of the semiconductor companies have gone through a near defunct point in their life. ,ther semiconductor companies are responsible for the production of e7uipment used in the production of semiconductors. There described role is designing, manufacturing and servicing e7uipment that will be ta/en up by the players. 8itachi inc. is the largest /ey player in the sector. ,thers include0 $9C energy, :luespec (nc., Cameco, Credance Systems, ;T<, =iodes inc., 9ohm, "ntergris, "agle Test Systems, S)#"$, To/yo "lectro, Canon (nc., 6i/on, >erigy, #owere and others. The fables semiconductor companies follow ne t are responsible for designing and mar/eting devices and semiconductor chips while outsourcing the fabrication of the semiconductors from foundry semiconductor companies +fables technology.. The pioneer is <ilini Tech. and Chips and Technologies who developed the concept in 123?. ,ther crucial players include @)$;C,'', :roadcom, $T( T"C8. and 6>(=($ that control the lion share of the mar/et. ,thers are 'avell, $'=, 8appy Computers, A=;$:S, $cer (nc, %ennia, ,rbit, 6e gen, Bamar, Coran (nc., Chipcon, "silicon, :ourns (6C., >imicro, $r*otec, and ;u etra including another do*en more. ;ast but not the least /ey player in this industry is the foundry semiconductor companies whose position lies with following the foundry model. The model advocates for the separation of the fabrication of semiconductors from the design of integrated circuits operations. TS'C, Dlobalfoundries, )'C, Samsung Tech., S'(C, #owerchip, >anguard, 8uahong Drace, =ongbu,

Tower%a**, (:', 'agnachip, and Win semiconductors are the Dlobal leaders. 8owever some companies have developed to combine two or more of these categories to ensure their survival, (ntel (nc., Samsung electronics, ;D "lectronics, Sony and @ualcomm have done these and are the largest electronics producer in the world.