Top 20 IC vendors expected to grow 3%

The fastest growing top-20 company this year is forecast to be Nvidia, which is expected to grow 35%.

Nvidia is riding a surge of demand for its graphics processor devices (GPUs) and Tegra processors with its y-o-y sales in its latest quarter (ended October 30, 2016) up 63% for gaming, 193% for data center, and 61% for automotive applications.

The second-fastest growing top-20 company in 2016 is expected to be Taiwan-based MediaTek, which is forecast to grow 29%.

Although worldwide smartphone unit volume sales are expected to increase by only 4% this year, MediaTek's application processor shipments to the fast-growing China-based smartphone suppliers are driving this exceptional growth.

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