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Why aren't there greater anti-trust concerns over this?
Why aren't there greater anti-trust concerns over this?
The market's diverse enough so it's not likely to be an issue. TI and National don't have a corner on any part of the market that I'm aware of. There's plenty of competition from the likes of Analog Devices, Maxim, Freescale, Siemens (not sure if Siemens is still in the IC market, tho) etc...
Regardless, TI is bigger than any of those companies, and probably bigger than all of those companies combined.
Why aren't there greater anti-trust concerns over this?
The market's diverse enough so it's not likely to be an issue. TI and National don't have a corner on any part of the market that I'm aware of. There's plenty of competition from the likes of Analog Devices, Maxim, Freescale, Siemens (not sure if Siemens is still in the IC market, tho) etc...
Diversity may also be misperceived, as the companies may not compete directly on all product lines. If you need a chip for something, there are times when it is only produced by one company.
Here are a few quickly-Googled numbers:
TI
Revenue: $13.966 billion
Net Income: $3.228 billion
ST Microelectronics
Revenue: $8.465 billion
Net Income: $1.131 billion
NXP Semiconductors
Revenue: $5.44 billion
Net Income: $1.823 billion
Infineon (Siemens)
Revenue:$4.688 billion
Net Income: $937 million
Freescale
Revenue: $4.46 billion
Net Income: $1.15 billion
Analog Devices
Revenue: $2.8 billion
Net Income: $712 million
ON Semiconductor
Revenue: $2.131 billion
Net income: $395.8 million
Maxim
Revenue: $1.998 billion
Net Income: $129 million
Fairchild Semiconductor
Revenue: $1.6 billion
Net Income: $193 million
National Semiconductor
Revenue: $1.42 billion
Net Income: $209.2 million
Linear Technology Corp.
Revenue: $1.17 billion
Net income: $361 million