Samsung Moves Past Apple To Be World's No. 1 Chip Customer

Samsung in 2012 surpassed Apple to become the world's leading buyer of semiconductor products, according to new data from Gartner. The two companies combined consumed $45.3 billion of semiconductors in 2012, Gartner says, up $7.9 billion from a year ago, and accounting for 15.2% of the total market. Samsung was 8% [...]