Spansion takes the lead in NOR.(not or)(Brief article)(Statistical data)

Purchasing, March, 2007 by Carbone, James

By James Carbone There's been a changing of the guard in the NOR flash memory market. Spansion Inc. increased its NOR flash memory revenue 25.6% in 2006 to displace Intel as the leading supplier of NOR flash. Spansion's 2006 NOR flash memory totaled $2.57 billion while Intel's NOR revenue slipped 9.9% to $2.05 billion.

Spansion's NOR growth rate was three times the industry 8.1% growth rate and the chip supplier now has 34% of the NOR flash market, up from 26% in 2005, says researcher iSuppli. While Spansion's NOR share rose, Intel's fell from 29% in 2005 to 24.2% in 2006. STMicroelectronics was the third-largest NOR supplier with revenue of $1.34 billion and 15.8% market share up from 14.1% in 2005. Although there was growth, 2006...

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