According to reports from foreign media, market research firm, IHS iSuppli said in a research report published yesterday by economic weakness in Europe and America, and the impact of China's manufacturing slowdown, global chip sales in the second quarter was $ 77 billion, down 3%. Chip manufacturers still face a lot of problems, the next quarter chip market will deteriorate further. IHS iSuppli said sales six of the world's top ten chip manufacturers have landslides, chip makers in Japan and Europe are most seriously affected. The senior director of IHS iSuppli electronics and chip business sector, Dale Ford said in a statement,during the remainder of the year, worries about the economy will continue to affect the performance of the chip manufacturers. IHS iSuppli expects global chip sales this year will increase by less than 1.4% which is below last year's level. Other recent studies have shown that, the PC weak demand slowed demand for PC accessories such as memory, chip sales are also affected. According to IHS iSuppli data show,at the second quarter, Intel is still the world's largest chip maker, an increase of 3.1% in sales of $ 12.01 billion over the same period last year, the market share is 16%; Samsung's sales are $ 7.57 billion in the first row two, a year-on-year growth of 5.8%, 10.1% market share; Runner-up Texas Instruments' sales fell 13% to $ 3.13 billion.