Top ten semiconductor companies in 2021
Samsung has regained the top spot as the world’s largest semiconductor maker as widely anticipated in the latest figures from Gartner.
Worldwide semiconductor revenue were $595bn in 2021, an increase of 26.3% from 2020.
Samsung Electronics regained the top spot from Intel for the first time since 2018, by less than a percentage point, with revenue increasing 28% in 2021. Intel’s revenue declined 0.3%, although the company has aggressive plans to boost its capacity in Arizona, Ohio, Oregon, Germany and Ireland.
- Intel confirms German fabs in €80bn European investment
- Intel confirms $20bn fab and foundry in Ohio
- Intel to expand in France and Italy
Within the top 10, AMD and Mediatek experienced the strongest growth in 2021 at 68.6% and 60.2% growth, respectively. AMD acquired FPGA designer Xilinx in March to boost its position in 2022.
|
2021 Rank |
2020 Rank |
Vendor |
2021 Revenue |
2021 Market Share (%) |
2020 Revenue |
2020-2021 Growth (%) |
|
1 |
2 |
Samsung Electronics |
73,197 |
12.3 |
57,181 |
28.0 |
|
2 |
1 |
Intel |
72,536 |
12.2 |
72,759 |
-0.3 |
|
3 |
3 |
SK Hynix |
36,352 |
6.1 |
25,854 |
40.6 |
|
4 |
4 |
Micron Technology |
28,624 |
4.8 |
21,780 |
31.4 |
|
5 |
5 |
Qualcomm |
27,093 |
4.6 |
17,664 |
53.4 |
|
6 |
6 |
Broadcom |
18,793 |
3.2 |
15,754 |
19.3 |
|
7 |
8 |
MediaTek |
17,617 |
3.0 |
10,988 |
60.2 |
|
8 |
7 |
Texas Instruments |
17,272 |
2.9 |
13,619 |
26.8 |
|
9 |
10 |
NVIDIA |
16,815 |
2.8 |
10,643 |
58.0 |
|
10 |
14 |
AMD |
16,299 |
2.7 |
9,665 |
68.6 |
|
|
|
Others (outside top 10) |
270,354 |
45.4 |
214,982 |
25.8 |
|
|
|
Total Market |
594,952 |
100.0 |
470,889 |
26.3 |
Table 1. Top 10 Semiconductor Vendors by Revenue, Worldwide, 2021 (Millions of U.S. Dollars) Source: Gartner (April 2022)
The most significant shift among the semiconductor vendor ranking in 2021 was HiSilicon dropping out of the top 25. “HiSilicon’s revenue declined 81%, from $8.2 billion in 2020 to $1.5 billion in 2021,” said Norwood. “This was a direct result of the U.S. sanctions against the company and its parent company Huawei.
“This also impacted China’s share of the semiconductor market as it declined from 6.7% share in 2020 to 6.5% in 2021. South Korea had the largest increase in market share in 2021 as strong growth in the memory market propelled South Korea to garner 19.3% of the global semiconductor market.”
Strong automotive and wireless demand
2021 saw strong demand return to the automotive and industrial markets compared to the weak, COVID-disrupted market in 2020. The automotive market outperformed all other end markets, growing 34.9% in 2021. Wireless communications, which is dominated by smartphones, saw growth of 24.6%. The number of 5G handsets produced reached 556 million in 2021, up from 251 million units in 2020, and enterprises upgraded their Wi-Fi infrastructure for employees heading back to the office.
Driven by DRAM, memory accounted for 27.9% of semiconductor sales in 2021 and experienced 33.2% revenue growth, increasing $41.3 billion over the previous year. Memory continued to benefit from the key demand trend in the last couple of years — the shift to home/hybrid working and learning. This trend fueled increased server deployments by hyperscale cloud service providers to satisfy online working and entertainment, as well as a surge in end-market demand for PCs and ultramobiles.
www.gartner.com/en/industries/high-tech
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