2021 Global Semiconductor Manufacturers TOP10 List Released, Samsung Surpasses Intel to Top

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According to a recent report released by US research firm Gartner, the entire semiconductor market grew by 25.1% last year to US$583.5 billion, the first time that sales exceeded US$500 billion.

Benefiting from the demand for staying at home, the supply of memory for electronic products and servers such as personal computers has surged. As terminal product companies increase inventory to promote production, sales prices rise, and the memory chip business has been strongly promoted. At present, the trend of increasing inventory has come to an end, and the market has stabilized, but demand from servers remains strong.

Samsung surpassed Intel to become the top chip seller in the rankings. Samsung's semiconductor revenue surged 31.6% to $75.9 billion in 2021. The company last ranked first in 2018.

The top ten manufacturers are: Samsung Electronics, Intel, SK Hynix, Micron, Qualcomm, Broadcom, MediaTek, Texas Instruments, Nvidia, and AMD. It is worth noting that Gartner's survey report does not include the wafer foundry TSMC.

Samsung Semiconductor's revenue in 2021 increased by 31.6% to US$75.9 billion. Due to the need for home quarantine, Samsung's memory business sales jumped 34.2%. Products that increased shipments included personal computers, other electronic products, and servers.

Intel, which dropped to second place, saw its revenue grow by only 0.5% to $73.1 billion, the smallest increase among the top 25 companies. Although Intel has faced fierce competition in the server CPU field in the past year, a 0.5% increase is really not impressive in such a good market.

SK Hynix, another major memory manufacturer, also achieved good results thanks to the favorable market conditions, with a revenue growth of 40.5% and annual revenue of US$36.326 billion, firmly securing its position as the third largest semiconductor manufacturer.

Micron's revenue last year was $28.449 billion, making it the fourth largest semiconductor manufacturer.

Qualcomm and MediaTek, both of which produce chips for the communications industry, ranked 5th and 7th respectively. Qualcomm's ranking remained the same as in 2020, while MediaTek moved up one place. In addition to the takeoff of 5G smartphones, the US sanctions on Huawei have made the change in smartphone market share favorable to the two companies. At the same time, the performance growth rate of the two companies is also amazing, with Qualcomm at 52.3% and MediaTek at 58.8%.

Broadcom still ranks sixth with semiconductor revenue of US$18.749 billion. The annual growth of 19% can only be considered average on the list.

Last year, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) squeezed back into the top 10 from 14th place thanks to a 64.4% increase in performance, and its growth rate also ranked first on the list.

Texas Instruments, the leading analog chip manufacturer, fell slightly from 7th to 8th place, while Nvidia advanced one place from the previous year to 9th place.

In addition, the report also mentioned that Huawei, which is caught in the US-China trade friction, has seen a sharp decline in its semiconductor business. The revenue of its subsidiary HiSilicon fell to around US$1 billion, far lower than the US$8.2 billion in the previous year.

Andrew Norwood, vice president of Gartner's research department, said that the growth of the semiconductor market has appeared in several areas, including the automotive industry. He pointed out that as the global economy rebounded in 2021, there was a shortage of the entire semiconductor supply chain, especially in the automotive industry. The resulting strong demand, logistics congestion and rising raw material prices combined to push up the average selling price of semiconductors, contributing to the overall revenue growth in 2021.

5G smartphones also boosted semiconductor revenue in 2021. The production of smartphones in 2020 was only 250 million, but it surged to 555 million in 2021.

As for the growth of the entire semiconductor market in 2022, at present, many research institutions have predicted double-digit growth, but it will not be as exaggerated as 25% this year. They are all between 10% and 13%. If nothing unexpected happens, the semiconductor market will achieve double-digit growth for three consecutive years in 2020, 2021, and 2022. This is rare in history. Everyone should seize this round of market conditions.

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