The relay of quarterly reports is, in fact, close to completion, and this allowed experts rank the largest suppliers of semiconductor products in terms of revenue. In addition to the results of the second quarter of this year, the authors of the study also took into account the entire first half of the year as a whole. Both βregularsβ of the list and two new members of the list were included in the ranking of the 15 leading companies in the semiconductor sector: MediaTek moved from sixteenth to fifteenth position, and Sony jumped straight from nineteenth to fourteenth. The Japanese company increased its half-year revenue by 13% by focusing on the supply of optical sensors for cameras used in smartphones. When comparing the first half of the year, no one could boast of positive revenue dynamics.
According to the compilers of the rating, if TSMC left this rating due to the lack of products of its own design in the production program, then HiSilicon would be in fifteenth place with $3,5 billion in revenue for the first half of the year - this division of Huawei supplies the Chinese giant with processors for smartphones, and In annual comparison, the revenue of this developer increased by 25%. The prospects for HiSilicon to be included in the list of the largest suppliers of semiconductor products are clouded only by American sanctions against Huawei, the application of which, although postponed, cannot be expected to be mitigated.
Let us recall that Intel Corporation remained the industry leader in terms of revenue from 1993 to 2016. Rising memory prices allowed Samsung to occupy first place in the second quarter of 2017 until the fourth quarter of last year, but their fall ultimately pushed the South Korean company to second position. Memory manufacturers suffered the most in the first half of the year, with the top three suppliers losing at least 33% of revenue compared to the same period the previous year. The volatility of the memory market continues to determine the balance of power in the semiconductor component segment.
In total, revenue for the fifteen largest semiconductor suppliers fell 18% in the first half of the year, compared with a 14% decline for the industry as a whole. NVIDIA has secured tenth place since last year, but if in a quarterly comparison its revenue increased by 11%, then year-on-year it decreased by 25%. As noted at the quarterly reporting conference, 2018 with its βcryptocurrency anomaliesβ continues to cast 2019 statistics in an unfavorable light.
Source: 3dnews.ru