Lenovo for the first time this year to enter the world's ten largest chip purchasing firm

U.S. local time on July 6th (Beijing time July 7th) news, according to foreign media reports, market research firm iSuppli said, PC is expected to China manufacturers this year for the first time into the world's ten largest semiconductor OEM procurement ranks.

ISuppli said that after the acquisition of the IBM PC sector, Lenovo's total chip procurement funds this year will reach $4 billion 300 million, which is expected in the global OEM chip purchasing list from last year's thirty-sixth rose to the top ninth. IBM ranking is expected to fall to sixteenth. During 2004, Lenovo's chip purchases amounted to about $1 billion.

ISuppli said that in this year's chip procurement list, HP is expected to occupy the first place, DELL ranked second, NOKIA ranked in the top third. HP's chip spending this year will reach $13 billion 700 million last year was $12 billion 500 million, an annual growth rate of 9.7%, or in the top ten OEM vendors ranked in the top second. DELL's chip spending last year was $10 billion 700 million this year, is expected to increase to $12 billion 500 million, an annual growth rate of 15.9%, the highest in the top OEM manufacturers in the first.

ISuppli said, compared with the average growth rate of the industry, is expected to DELL and HP chip spending will be higher than 6.8%. In the ten OEM chip buyers, in addition to Lenovo, Motorola, Samsung and other manufacturers of chip spending will also be a substantial increase in the situation.