Apple named top semiconductor spender of 2013
Apple beat Samsung to take the title of the world's largest buyer of semiconductors in 2013.
Combined, IHS says the two electronics titans claimed around 14% of total spending last year, well ahead of other prominent chip buyers.
"As in 2012, Apple and Samsung were the top semiconductor spenders in 2013 among oems, making more than $1billion in revenue," said Myson Robles-Bruce, senior analyst for semiconductor spend and design analysis at IHS.
Apple took first place with chip spending of $30.3billion in 2013, outspending runner up Samsung's $22.2bn by more than $8bn.
However, Robles-Bruce says Samsung attained the largest spending increase on chips of any Top 10 oem last year, up almost 30% from 2012.
Hewlett-Packard took third place in the Top 10 list with $10.1bn in spending; Lenovo came in fourth with $9.2bn; and Dell in fifth with $7.7bn.
Cisco Systems, Sony, Huawei Technologies, Panasonic and Toshiba also made the list.
