The second-quarter report from IC Insights, a world-renowned semiconductor data research firm, was just updated. The market shares of key semiconductor suppliers, excluding pure-play foundries, are examined in this research. Although there is a minor double-counting effect on IDM foundry income, it is insignificant enough to alter the overall outcome. The top 50 semiconductor suppliers, excluding pure-play foundries, would control 89 percent of the worldwide $614.6 billion semiconductor industry in 2021, up 8 percentage points from the top 50 businesses’ 81 percent share in 2010. In 2021, the top 5, top 10, and top 25 semiconductor businesses will grow their market share by 8, 9, and 11 percentage points, respectively, compared to 2010.
IC insights: mergers could increase the share of top suppliers
With further mergers and acquisitions predicted in the coming years, IC Insights expects that mergers will push top suppliers’ market share even higher.
For the first time since 1993, the semiconductor industry’s top supplier relocated in 2017. With a 9.2% worldwide semiconductor market share in 1993, Intel was the leading provider. Intel’s revenues make up 13.9 percent of the entire semiconductor market, up from 3.8 percent in 1993 and 14.8 percent in 2017. Samsung’s ascension to the top of the semiconductor sales rankings in 2017 is due to its quick market share increases rather than Intel’s loss of market share.
The memory market fell by 32% in 2019, putting the whole semiconductor industry down by 12%. Because memory devices accounted for 77 percent of Samsung’s semiconductor sales that year, the memory market collapse reduced the company’s overall semiconductor sales by 29 percent. Despite somewhat flat semiconductor sales in 2019, Intel reclaimed its No. 1 status as a semiconductor provider that year. Samsung, on the other hand, recovered the top rank in 2021, with a 33 percent growth in sales, while Intel’s sales increased by 1%.
Brand new entrants
In addition to foundries, two new entries to the top 10 in 2021 are fabless MediaTek from Taiwan and fabless AMD from the United States. In the previous year’s list, the two businesses supplanted Apple and Infineon in the top ten. MediaTek’s sales increased by 61 percent in 2021, taking the firm up three spots (from 11th to 8th), while AMD’s sales increased by 68 percent, moving the company from 14th to 10th place.
Five of the top ten semiconductor suppliers in 2021 will be fabless businesses, up from two in 2019. In the 2008 list, there was just one fabless business (Qualcomm), and none in 2000. In 2021, each of the top ten corporations will have sales of at least $16.4 billion.
Gartner’s research vice president, Andrew Norwood, stated:
“Shortages emerged across the semiconductor supply chain, notably in the car industry, when the global economy recovered in 2021,”… “As a consequence of the robust demand, as well as increases in logistics and raw material prices, semiconductors’ average selling price (ASP) increased in 2021, leading to total revenue growth.”
“The 5G smartphone industry also aided semiconductor revenue growth, with unit manufacturing more than tripling from 250 million in 2020 to 555 million in 2021.” Other Chinese smartphone OEMs gained market share as a result of US sanctions against Huawei, fuelling growth for 5G chipset providers such as Qualcomm, MediaTek, and Skyworks. Meanwhile, sales of Huawei’s semiconductor unit HiSilicon fell from $8.2 billion in 2020 to little over $1 billion in 2021.”
These are the top 10 semiconductor companies:
Semiconductors are critical components for contemporary electronics to function properly. They make you a significant and integrated component of a wide range of electronic devices, including smartphones, tablets, computers, radios, and much more. Semiconductors are used in virtually all contemporary gadgets. The market is large and competitive because of the heavy reliance on semiconductors. Samsung, Intel, Qualcomm, Texas Instruments (TI), Toshiba, SK Hynix, and others are among the top brands in the worldwide semiconductor sector.
1. SAMSUNG (from SOUTH KOREA)
Samsung, a South Korean manufacturing behemoth, overtook Intel as the number one brand in the semiconductor business in 2021, with a 13 percent market share. Samsung has regularly been in the top two in terms of sales revenue for quite some time. Global semiconductor sales revenues are expected to reach $583.48 billion in 2021, according to Statista.
2. INTEL ( from the USA)
Intel is a significant semiconductor manufacturer headquartered in the United States. Although Samsung is in the lead, the business might easily reclaim the top spot if it gets its act together. Intel owns 12.5 percent of the worldwide semiconductor business, according to the most recent market share rankings for 2021. Despite recent setbacks, the corporation has steadily maintained its position.
Despite recent setbacks, the corporation has steadily maintained its position. It has never been out of the top 20 semiconductor firms in the world.
3. HYNIX ( from SOUTH KOREA)
Another South Korean semiconductor business is SK Hynix. Despite not being as well-known as Samsung, the firm performs admirably in the semiconductor sector. SK Hynix’s semiconductor market share is now 6.2 percent, according to the 2021 worldwide market share study. This indicates that the firm is a long way behind the first two. The worldwide semiconductor market has grown by around 25% over the previous year. The development of firms such as SK Hynix has contributed significantly to the growth.
4. MICRON (from the USA)
Micron, headquartered in Boise, Idaho, is another American semiconductor firm. Computer memory and data storage are two of the company’s products. Flash memory, USB flash drives, and dynamic random-access memory are all examples of this. This corporation has a 4.9 percent market share, according to the most recent semiconductor worldwide ranking.
5. QUALCOMM, INC (from the USA)
Qualcomm is another American semiconductor business that makes a lot of high-end CPUs for Android phones. However, the semiconductor industry encompasses far more than just smartphone chips. With a 4.8 percent market share, the firm is ranked in fifth place.
Others
Other companies that make up the top 10 list include
6. Nvidia (USA) – 3.8 market share
7. Broadcom (USA) – 3.4% market share
8. MediaTek (Taiwan) – 2.9% market share
9. Texas Instruments (USA) – 2.8% market share
10. AMD (USA) – 2.7% market share
Conclusion
The top ten semiconductor businesses in the world exhibit an intriguing pattern, one that may require some adjustment. We can observe that the top ten firms have a combined market share of 57.1 percent. This isn’t an issue. The issue here, though, is American corporations’ full control of the top ten list. Only Samsung, SK Hynix, and MediaTek aren’t based in the United States. The top ten American semiconductor companies account for around 35% of the worldwide semiconductor market.
The semiconductor industry in the United States accounts for around half of the worldwide market. This is a tendency that must be reversed. A single country should not be able to dominate 50% of any global market.
