Semiconductor sales in 2021 surpass $500 billion for the first time, as Samsung reclaims its No. 1 spot in the market

Global semiconductor sales revenue in 2021 increased by 25.1% compared to 2020 and reached $583.5 billion, breaking the $500 billion threshold for the first time, according to Gartner analysts.

“As the global economy bounced back in 2021, shortages have emerged across the semiconductor supply chain, especially in the automotive industry,” said Andrew Norwood, vice president of research at Gartner. “As a result, the combination of strong demand and rising logistics and raw material prices led to an increase in the average selling price, which contributed to overall revenue growth in 2021.”

Analysts note that the growth of the market was facilitated by an increase in the production of smartphones with 5G support.

Samsung Electronics is the largest manufacturer of semiconductor products according to the results of the year. Compared to 2020, it increased sales by 31.6% and took 13.0% of the market, pushing Intel to second place.

Intel increased sales by just 0.5%, which is the worst performance in the top ten. The share of Intel is 12.5%.

Intel is followed by SK Hynix. The South Korean manufacturer increased sales by 40.5%, which allowed it to occupy 6.2% of the market.

In fourth place is Micron Technology with 4.9%. This company managed to increase sales by 29.1% in a year.

Closes the top five Qualcomm. The share of this company, which increased sales by 52.3%, is 4.6%.

Further with shares of 3.2%, 3.0% and 2.0% follow Broadcom, MediaTek and Texas Instruments, which increased sales by 19.0%, 58.8% and 24.1% respectively.

The top ten also included Nvidia and AMD. The first managed to increase sales by 52.7%, and the second – by 64.4%, being the best in this indicator in the top ten. Nvidia’s share of the global semiconductor market is 2.8%. The share of AMD is 2.7%.