IBM to be 2005's fastest-growing chip maker | The Register

IBM to be 2005's fastest-growing chip maker | The Register: "AMD may be eating into Intel's x86 processor market share, but its arch-rival will remain the world's biggest chip maker by a long margin when 2005 comes to a close.
According to the latest forecast from market watcher iSuppli, Intel will sell $35.849bn worth of chips this year, including x86 processors, ARM-based CPUs, chipsets, wireless semiconductors, Flash memory and the odd Itanic or two. It sales will be 14.4 per cent up on 2004's total, $31.346bn, and it will take 15.1 per cent of the global chip market.
Its nearest rival, with 7.2 per cent of the market, is Samsung, iSuppli said. The South Korean giant's sales rose 8.5 per cent year on year, from $15.759bn to $17.096bn. Texas Instruments took the number three slot. Its 2005 sales of $11.105bn - up 8.6 per cent - yield a market share of 4.7 per cent."