IC Insights this survey does not include a professional foundry foundry, TSMC, even if this year's revenue growth, has not yet appeared in the statistical rankings.
According to IC Insights survey, Samsung estimated revenue of 65.6 billion US dollars this year, the market share of 15%, will squeeze out Intel, becoming the world's largest semiconductor plant.This will be Intel from 19 Since 1993, the semiconductor industry has been the leading player for 24 years and surrendered to the champion for the first time.
IC Insights said Intel's revenue in the first quarter of this year is still larger than Samsung and dropped to second place in the second quarter. It is estimated that this year's annual revenue will reach 60 billion U.S. dollars with a market share of 10% Although the revenue was 3.9% more than last year's 57 billion U.S. dollars, it will grow by about 7% annually, but the market share will drop by 1.7%.
IC Insights believes that Intel's revenue growth is still on the scale, on behalf of Samsung can win, not because of Intel's own recession, but Samsung benefited from rising memory prices, driven by the simultaneous growth of revenue growth, and then rise in market share rose.
Memory industry in short supply, prices rose quarter by quarter, in addition to Samsung, the other two memory maker SK Hynix and Micron with the benefit, revenue growth significantly.
IC Insights pointed out that SK hynix estimated revenue this year up to 22.6 billion US dollars, ranking third in the world, compared with the fifth place in the last two places; Micron also because revenues up to 22 billion 400 million US dollars And into the fourth, the same two progress.
Global Netcom chip leader Broadcom revenue this year estimated at 176 billion US dollars, slightly higher than Qualcomm's 17.1 billion US dollars, the world's fifth and sixth largest producer; followed by Texas Instruments, Toshiba, Huida and NXP.