1	World Semiconductor Trade Statistics An Introduction to WSTS
2	Table of Contents Mission Membership Merits Meetings More
3	Mission Statement
4	Membership Membership is organized in four regional groups: Americas Europe Japan Asia Pacific
5	Americas Regional Group Advanced Micro Devices Allegro Microsystems AMI Semiconductors Analog Devices, Inc Avago Technologies Cree Inc. Cypress Semiconductor Diodes Inc. Fairchild Semiconductor Freescale Semiconductor IBM Microelectronics Intel Corporation International Rectifier Corp. Intersil Linear Technology Corporation LSI Logic Corporation Micron Technology National Semiconductor Corp. ON Semiconductor Powerex Inc. SanDisk Spansion LLC Teccor - Littelfuse Texas Instruments Volterra Semiconductor Xilinx
6	Europe Regional Group Austriamicrosystems CamSemi Ltd (Cambridge Semiconductor) Fagor Electronica Infineon Technologies Micronas NXP Semiconductors Osram Optical Semiconductors Robert Bosch GmbH STMicroelectronics Vishay Wolfson Microelectronics Zetex plc ZMD AG
7	Japan Regional Group Elpida Memory Inc. Fuji Electric Fujitsu Hitachi Power Semiconductors Matsushita Mitsubishi NEC Electronics New Japan Radio Corp. Nihon Inter Electronics Corporation Oki Renesas Technology Ricoh Rohm Sanken Sanyo Seiko Epson Sharp Corporation Shindengen Sony Toshiba
8	Asia Pacific Regional Group Chartered Semicondunctor Hynix Semiconductor KEC Macronix Nanya Technology Powerchip Semiconductor Rectron Samsung Taiwan Semiconductor Winbond
9	Member Profile – By Company Size
10	Member Profile – By Region Total Worldwide 70 Members
11	Member Profile – By Membership Total Worldwide 70 Members
12	2008 Fee Schedule
13	Regular versus Associate Membership Regular Member Higher fees Voting rights and right for seat on the Board Higher number of access permits to WSTS reports Associate Member Lower fees No voting rights and seats on the Board Membership limited to 24 months Max. 5 product lines Max. 1B$ revenue
14	Merits of Being WSTS Member Free access to WSTS market statistics reports Joint creation of the WSTS industry forecast and sharing the results Steering WSTS market statistics programs by participation in committee meetings Comprehensive inquiry privileges
15	Reports – Data Sources Revenue data is collected directly, authentically and monthly from WSTS member companies In order to provide total worldwide market data non-participant estimates are added to the reported numbers by WSTS The non participants-estimate is ranging from 2% (Japan) to 33%(Americas) and is around 10% in Europe and Asia Pacific by company location
16	Reports – Data Collection and Distribution Monthly revenue data is aggregated by independent data collection agencies, thereby warranting utmost privacy of individual member company data Monthly market data is published within four weeks of month closing to all members on the Internet Portal At year end data is published on printed reports (Blue Book and Green Book) All other reports are made available by proprietary acces to the WSTS Internet Portal
17	Reports – Listing (1) Blue Book (issued monthly) Monthly billings of the semiconductor industry by 4 regions and 212 product categories, 177 of them in units and revenues Products that are designed for specific applications are documented in application specific categories (currently 72)
18	Sample page from 2007 Blue Book (only months 1 to 6 are shown)
19	Reports – Listing (2) Green Book (issued monthly) Historical up to date presentation of Blue Book data in 500 diagrams. Blue Book History (updated monthly) Covering the semiconductor revenue statistics by month from 1991 to date Monthly updated with the most recent Blue Book data Issued at the same date as the Blue Book
20	Reports – Listing (3) Americas, Europe and Asia By Country (issued quarterly) By country billings for major product lines (8) End Use (issued at year end) Billings of 17 major product lines into 6 end-use market segments, broken down into 4 regions. This report matches the 12 month totals of the Blue Book report
21	Reports – Listing (4) Forecast (spring and autumn each year) Industry forecast by region and product (format similar to monthly billing report „Blue Book“) By quarter of current and following year and yearly for two further years. A forecast update is issued by the end of 2^nd, 3^rd and 4^th quarter.
22	WSTS Forecast sample page from the Spring Forecast 2007
23	Reports – Access to Data WSTS Members obtain all reports in full detail at no charge. All data contained in WSTS reports is co-owned by WSTS and her members. As such this data is proprietary. Semiconductor Industry Associations hold distribution licenses for certain WSTS reports. Semiconductor Industry Associations may release extracts from WSTS reports to the public domain. WSTS data in the public domain may be freely quoted and reproduced with reference to the source.
24	Meetings WSTS organizes different meetings with different participation and different objectives. Meeting locations are chosen to meet the convenience of the majority of participants. Meetings with worldwide participation rotate between Americas, Europe, Japan and Asia. WSTS meetings serve for the purpose of directing the WSTS policy and operation, as forums of information exchange within the semiconductor industry and preparing an industry forecast 3 years ahead.
25	Meeting Types Board of Directors Meeting (min. 2 per year) Supervision of WSTS‘ activities Executive Committee Meeting (min. 2 p. y.) Direction of WSTS‘ policy and programs Committee Meeting (2 p. y.) – all members Reviewing the Status of the Industry Preparing an industry forecast covering the remaining quarters of the year and the 3 future years Steering WSTS programs and activities
26	Meeting Types (continued) Regional Chapter Meeting (2 – 4 per year) Reviewing market development in the region Developing regional policies and projects Formulating proposals for format changes Preparing inputs to the worldwide meetings Nominating regional WSTS representatives Working Group Meetings Preparing, launching and supporting specific WSTS programs
27	Meeting Outputs Board of Directors, Executive Committee, Regional Chapter Meeting Minutes, Resolutions, Appointments Committee Meeting Handouts of Presentations (for participants only) Forecast (published on the WSTS Web Site) Working Group Meeting Procedures, Manuals, Guidelines, Other Documents
28	History
29	WSTS Organization
30	Financials – Revenues Data for 2006 Sources of Revenue Membership Fee Meeting Fee Royalties and Subscriptions Interest
31	Financials – Expenditures Data for 2006 Expenditures Meetings Data Collection Personnel Office Expenses Information Services Depreciation and Other Legal and Accounting
32	Further Information on the WSTS Internet Portal (www.wsts.org) Top Menus The menus General, Services and Organization provide further detail information for prospective members WSTS Meetings Prospective members may participate in WSTS meetings by invitation. Request an invitation to the Administrator. All information on WSTS meetings (date, location, agenda, participants) is available from the home page
33	Partnerships with Industry Associations