Filed under: Intel (INTC), Sony Corp ADR (SNE), Advanced Micro Dev (AMD), QUALCOMM Inc (QCOM)

iSuppli, a niche research firm that focuses on the semiconductor industry, recently published a report on the state of the industry in 2007. The report, an excerpt of which can be found here, is chunk full of info.

Intel (NASDAQ: INTC), the world’s largest semiconductor supplier, has extended its lead over rival Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD), raising its market share to 12.5 percent while AMD dropped out of the top 10. Intel’s revenues are expected to rise by almost 8 percent in 2007, far exceeding the growth rate of the entire industry, which iSuppli pegs at around 4 percent.

AMD, on the other hand, has had a rough go of it this year. While making the top 10 list for the first time last year, AMD is looking at a forecast of sales down almost 23 percent.

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