• is the third largest semiconductor supplier to the automotive industry, according to iSuppli1.
• supplies chips to all the major auto makers worldwide. All top-ten automotive OEMs in the world are among ST’s large customers.
• is the largest automotive semiconductor supplier in China in 2006, according to iSuppli2.
• has experienced explosive demand for its chips from the automotive sector in recent years; ST’s automotive unit has reported a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 22% since 2000.
• is the largest supplier to the overall market for Application Specific Standard Product (ASSP) chips, integrated circuits designed for specific applications. ASSPs are a key component in automotive electronics.
• is the world’s leading supplier for digital satellite radio and is ready to support all major international standards for terrestrial digital radio, including DAB/DMB, Digital Radio Mondiale and HD Radio.
• has developed and industrialized market-leading smart-power technologies, such as BCD (Bipolar-CMOS-DMOS) and VIPower, which enable effective integration of control and communication with power functions on the same chip.
• is the leading provider of power-management chips, an area where there is a growing need to manage the electric-power demands of vehicles as innovators develop and introduce sophisticated multimedia and information systems. iSuppli estimates that automotive power-management chip revenues will grow at a CAGR of 18.5 percent, rising from $1.9 billion in 2002 to $5.3 billion in 2008.
• is a leading provider of chips that enable safety electronics in automobiles, another fast-growing area. ST’s chips are widely used in systems that perform occupant detection-classification, collision avoidance, lane departure warning and blind-spot monitoring, as well as traditional applications like Airbag and ABS. ST is the #1 supplier of the door-zone electronics and a leading provider in junction- box applications.
• addresses car-radio navigation and telematics, in-car connectivity (hands-free/audio streaming), media devices for audio and video playback, mobile TV, and rear-seat entertainment with its comprehensive hardware and software platform for navigation and infotainment applications.
• is a leading supplier of automotive microcontrollers based on a common industry-standard 8-bit core with embedded Flash memory. These field-proven products meet the stringent requirements of the automotive industry in terms of product offer, device robustness, quality level and service performance.

• Automotive is the fastest-growing segment of the electronic equipment application markets, with global revenue expected to rise at a compound annual growth rate of 8.3 percent from 2002 to 2008, according to iSuppli. This exceeds the rate of growth in all other major electronic equipment segments, including data processing and mobile communications.
• According to Strategy Analytics, the worldwide automotive semiconductor market is forecast to rise from $16 billion-plus in 2005 to more than $22 billion through 2009, an annual growth rate of 8%.

1 iSuppli, March 2007
2 iSuppli, Q4 2006

May 2007