Samsung goes past Intel, and is worlds largest semiconductor supplier in 2Q21
Date:
Mon, 23 Aug 2021 06:52:39 +0000
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Driven by surging demand and rising prices for DRAM and flash memory,
Samsung, the worlds largest memory supplier, saw its total semiconductor
sales increase 19% in 2Q21 to $20.3 billion, moving it past Intel and into first place to become the worlds largest semiconductor supplier.
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Pushed by the strong showing of its memory semiconductors (DRAM), Samsung Electronics has gone past its archrival Intel to take the No.1 spot in chip sales in the second quarter of the year.
The Korean tech major logged in $20.29 billion in chip sales in the
April-June period, which is a 19% rise from a quarter earlier, according to the latest McClean Report released by market researcher IC Insights .
The break-up of Samsung's sales is: $19.26 billion in integrated circuit
(IC), and $1.03 billion in optoelectronic, sensor and discrete (OSD) sales.
Samsung has edged out Intel for the first time since the third quarter of 2018.
The report said semiconductor sales from the top 10 firms rose 10% quarter-on-quarter to $95.5 billion in the second quarter, beating the total industry average growth of 8%. Global chip shortage could stretch into 2023, Intel CEO warns These are the best RAM currently available Check our collection of the best SSDs Top six players headquartered in the US
The IC Insights report said Samsung is likely to defend its top slot in the third quarter too with sales of $22.3 billion, beating Intel by $3.5 billion. This prediction is based on the continuing demand that memory chips enjoy.
Intel posted $19.3 billion in chip sales in the second quarter, up only 3% from the first quarter.
The IC Insights list includes six suppliers headquartered in the US, two in South Korea, and two in Taiwan and consists of four fabless companies ( Qualcomm , Nvidia, Broadcom, and MediaTek) and one pure-play foundry (TSMC). (Image credit: IC Insights)
TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company), which is top foundry firm, remained the third largest semiconductor supplier with sales of $13.31 billion, up 3% from a quarter earlier.
South Koreas SK Hynix was at fourth after its sales grew 21% quarter-on-quarter, the highest among the top 10 vendors, to $9.21 billion followed by US memory giant Micron Technology Inc., whose sales grew 16% to $7.68 billion.
Also moving up in the 2Q ranking were Nvidia and MediaTek. Nvidias 14% increase came on the strength of continued growth of the companys important data center and gaming segments. Meanwhile, MediaTeks sales increased 17%, continuing an impressive sales upturn driven by strong demand for 5G smartphones and consumer multimedia systems. Want to know about the latest happenings in tech?FollowTechRadar India on Twitter , Facebook and Instagram !
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