Surpassing Intel, Samsung becomes world’s largest chipmaker in 2Q21

Recently, Samsung regained first place in chip sales in the second half of the year, surpassing Intel its first for almost three years, after a strong sale of memory semiconductors.

According to the McClean report a market researcher IC Insights, that the South Korean tech giant entered $20.29 billion in chip sales in the April-June period, up 19 percent from the previous quarter.

Driven by rising demand and rising prices for DRAM and flash memory, Samsung, the world’s largest memory supplier, saw that its total semiconductor sales increased by 19% from 2Q21 to $ 20.3 billion, surpassing Intel and becoming is the first major semiconductor supplier in the world in 2Q21.

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Samsung was previously ranked as the top semiconductor supplier through most of 2017 and 2018 when the memory market saw its final rotation change. Also, the company last enjoyed a three-month sale of more than $ 20.0 billion in 2018 at the height of the previous record.

Demand for ICs is expected to continue this quarter with Samsung’s semiconductor sales expected to rise another 10% to $22.3 billion in 3Q21, further increasing its lead over Intel.

Another ascent to the 2Q level was Nvidia and MediaTek. Nvidia’s 14% increase in the second quarter came in the form of the continued growth of the company’s critical data center and game segments.

Meantime, the sales at Intel, TSMC, and Qualcomm grew by an astonishing 3% at 2Q21, while Broadcom sales increased by only 1%. Intel’s semiconductor sales were $19.3 billion at 2Q21, much larger than most but its 3% growth rate was much lower than its other main competitors. Of the top 10, six firms had headquarters in the United States, followed by two in South Korea and Taiwan.