Abstract: IC Insights recently released a report predicting that the sales of the top 15 semiconductor companies in 2020 will increase by 13% over 2019, more than double the overall growth rate of 6% in the global semiconductor industry. Seven of the top 15 companies have a growth rate of more than 22 per cent, with NVIDIA Corp growing by more than 50 per cent. MediaTek and AMD squeezed into TOP15.
Market research firm IC Insights released a briefing predicting the top 15 semiconductor companies by sales in 2020. Among the top 15 semiconductor manufacturers, eight are headquartered in the United States, two in South Korea, two in Taiwan and two in Europe, and one in Japan.
In the year troubled by novel coronavirus, the semiconductor industry has been one of the most resilient markets. Although the epidemic caused a severe global recession in 2020, the novel coronavirus pandemic stimulated the acceleration of the global digital transformation, which led to strong growth in the semiconductor market.Sales of the top 15 semiconductor companies in 2020 are expected to grow by 13% over 2019, more than double the overall growth rate of 6% in the global semiconductor industry. In 2019, total sales of the top 15 semiconductor suppliers fell by 15%.
In 2020, the sales threshold for entering the top 15 was raised to $9.5 billion.There are two new faces in the top 15: MediaTek and AMD.Sales at the two companies are expected to grow strongly by 35 per cent and 41 per cent, respectively. MediaTek expects to jump five places to 11th place in 2020, while AMD expects to jump three places to 15th place.
Apple Inc is special because the chips he develops are never sold out. IC Insights estimates that the "sales value" of Apple Inc's custom-made IC will reach $10.04 billion by 2020, making it 13th among the top 15.
As Infineon completed its acquisition of Cypress in April 2020, Infineon's sales figures have been adjusted accordingly.
In the top 15, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd is expected to grow by as much as 31%.But Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd belongs to the pure foundry enterprise of wafer manufacturing and does not have his own brand products. If Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd is not counted, Sony Group Corp ($9.243 billion) will be included in the top 15 list.
Overall, the growth momentum of semiconductors this year is gratifying.Seven of the top 15 have a growth rate of more than 22%, of which NVIDIA Corp has grown by more than 50%.But Hayes is gone from the list.
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