Follow Gadgettendency, analysts note that the market’s growth is driven by the rise of 5G-enabled smartphone production. Among these, Samsung Electronics was the largest semiconductor product manufacturer by year’s results as sales increased 31.6% year-on-year and captured 13% market share.
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Samsung has surpassed Intel in semiconductor market share in 2021 |
This pushed Intel down to second place, which only grew by 0.5% in sales – the worst increase of any company in the Top 10. Intel’s market share was 12.5%.
Following Intel is SK Hynix – the Korean manufacturer saw a sales increase of 40.5% and helped them capture 6.2% of the market. In fourth place is Micron Technology with a 4.9% market share after the company posted a sales increase of 29.1% in one year. Qualcomm is the company that closes the Top 5 list with a market share of 4.6% thanks to a sales increase of 52.3%.
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Semiconductor companies Broadcom, MediaTek and Texas Instruments accounted for 3.2%, 3% and 2% market share respectively after posting sales growth of 19%, 58.8% and 24.1 respectively. %. In addition, the Top 10 also has the appearance of Nvidia and AMD. In which Nvidia had a sales increase of 52.7% to reach a market share of 2.8%, while AMD had a growth of 64.4% and reached a market share of 2.7%.
“As the global economy rebounds in 2021, shortages are already emerging across the entire semiconductor supply chain, particularly in the automotive industry,” said Gartner Research Vice President Andrew Norwood. Bowl. As a result, the combination of strong demand, while rising raw material and logistics prices has resulted in an increase in average selling price, contributing to overall revenue growth in 2021.”
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