2014 global chip market revenue rankings

Recently, preliminary data released by Gartner recently showed that during the 2014 period, global chip sales increased by 7.9%, mainly due to the rebound of the traditional personal computer (PC) business. Memory chip makers dominate this growth.

Data show that throughout 2014, global chip sales increased to US$339.8 billion, and 25 top semiconductor companies in the industry occupied a larger chip market. The 25 companies’ total revenue accounted for 72.1% of the total revenue. Shares, compared to 69.7% in 2013.

According to Gartner's data, in 2014, Intel still dominated the chip market. It is estimated that the company's chip revenue last year reached 50.84 billion US dollars, an increase of 4.6% over the previous year, which is the company experienced the first two years After the decline, it showed another momentum of growth. At the same time, Samsung Electronics ranked second in the chip market in 2014 and expects revenue of approximately US$ 35.28 billion, an increase of 10% over the previous year. Data show that in 2014, Intel and Samsung Electronics respectively accounted for 15% and 10.4% of the global chip market revenue.

According to statistics, in 2014, the DRAM market grew by 31.7%. Andrew Norwood, Gartner’s vice president in charge of research, claimed that, despite the lack of supply, DRAM revenues continued to increase significantly in 2014 due to the continued stable price increase. Nouud claims: “In 2013, the revenue of some important types of equipment experienced a decline. However, unlike 2013, all types of equipment revenue showed positive growth in 2014. However, There is no single type of device revenue growth that can catch up with the memory chip market. Current data shows that the storage chip market has grown by 16.9% in 2014."

Excluding storage chip revenue, semiconductor sales in 2014 increased by 5.4%, compared with 0.8% in the previous year.

Gartner's data shows that in 2014, SK Hynix Semiconductor and Micron Technology benefited the most in the memory chip market.