IC Insights Reports Top 10 Companies' Total Revenue of 174 Trillion Won in First Half of the Year
[Asia Economy Reporter Dongwoo Lee] The combined sales of the top 10 semiconductor companies worldwide in the first half of this year increased by 17% compared to the same period last year.
According to the industry on the 12th, semiconductor market research firm IC Insights recently reported that the total sales of the world's top 10 semiconductor companies in the first half of this year reached $147.093 billion (approximately 174 trillion KRW).
This represents a 17% increase compared to the first half of last year ($125.98 billion), with all companies showing growth except for 6th-ranked Broadcom and 9th-ranked TI (Texas Instruments).
Intel ranked first with first-half sales of $38.951 billion (46.18 trillion KRW). Samsung Electronics came in second with $29.75 billion (35 trillion KRW), and Taiwan's TSMC, the only foundry company in the rankings, ranked third with sales of $20.717 billion (24.57 trillion KRW).
SK Hynix ranked fourth with $13.099 billion (15 trillion KRW), a 13% increase compared to the same period last year. Following were Micron ($10.6 billion), Broadcom ($8.1 billion), Qualcomm ($7.8 billion), Nvidia ($6.5 billion), TI ($6.2 billion), and Huawei's subsidiary HiSilicon ($5.2 billion).
Notably, HiSilicon's sales surged 49% year-on-year in the first half, entering the 'Top 10' for the first time in Q1 this year and ranking 10th for the first half as well.
However, IC Insights noted that HiSilicon is likely to fall out of the top 10 again in the second half.
Due to strong U.S. sanctions against China, Taiwan's TSMC, the world's number one foundry company, is scheduled to end transactions with HiSilicon by September 15. It was also mentioned that Huawei has abandoned production of its self-developed semiconductor 'Kirin chip.'
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