With the growing demand of iPads and iPhones, Apple takes the lead in buying semiconductors in billions of dollars among the world’s top 10 OEM semiconductor buyers in the electronics supply chain.
Apple bought $9.7 billion worth of semiconductors in 2009 and in 2010 it bought a record quantity of over $17.5 billion worth of semiconductors rivaling other brand names like HP, Samsung, Dell and Nokia. IHS noted that the...