Intel is still the world’s largest semiconductor supplier
According to the latest statistics from IC Insights, although Intel’s revenue declined in the first quarter, it is still the world’s largest chip supplier in terms of sales, surpassing Samsung and TSMC. Intel’s competitor, AMD increased substantially in the first quarter of 2021, and it is currently one of the top 15 semiconductor companies in the world.
In the past few quarters, the demand for personal computers and chips has increased significantly. Therefore, the sales of the top 15 semiconductor companies in the first quarter of 2021 have increased by 21% year-on-year, which can be said to be a considerable increase. Intel led the market with $18.676 billion in sales, but its sales were down 4% from the first quarter of last year. Samsung followed closely with $16.152 billion, while TSMC ranked third with $12.911 billion.
Samsung is the world’s largest supplier of NAND and DRAM memory and has been challenging Intel’s leading position for many years. If the price of memory rises sufficiently, Samsung may indeed surpass Intel, but this situation did not appear in the first quarter of 2021. TSMC also experienced a substantial increase in its sales last year and continued its strong momentum in the first quarter of 2021, and it is likely to continue for some time.
AMD and MediaTek are two newcomers to the list. AMD benefited from the shipments of servers and high-performance desktop processors, in the first quarter sales reached $3.445 billion, an increase of 93% year-on-year, from the 18th to the 11th place. MediaTek ranked 16th in the first quarter of 2020. One year later, its sales reached $3.849 billion, a year-on-year increase of 90%, and it jumped to 10th place. It is also worth noting that Qualcomm and Nvidia also have more than 50% year-on-year growth in sales.