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Samsung Set to Outpace Intel in Semiconductor Revenues

posted by martyb on Thursday May 04 2017, @09:11PM   Printer-friendly
from the big-money-in-little-chips dept.

takyon writes:

Based on current projections for sales and NAND/DRAM pricing, Samsung's semiconductor revenues are likely to grow larger than Intel's during the second quarter of 2017. Intel has held the #1 spot in the industry since 1993:

Samsung's positioning is strengthening not just because of increased demand for RAM and flash memory, but because an ongoing NAND shortage is keeping prices high. Analysts blame a rocky transition from 2D to 3D NAND, increased demand from Chinese smartphone manufacturers, and the increasing popularity of SSDs as factors in the shortage.

On top of the RAM business, Samsung also says it's seeing solid demand for 14nm SoCs, image sensors, and other smartphone chips. The company expects its new 10nm process to keep the business growing. Samsung manufactures its own Exynos SoCs as well as some of Qualcomm's Snapdragon chips and some of the A-series chips Apple uses across its iPhone, iPad, iPod, and Apple TV lineups.

IC Insights report.

Related:
Samsung's Exynos 8895 to be the First 10nm Chip on the Market
Samsung's 10nm Chips in Mass Production, "6nm" on the Roadmap
Moore's Law: Not Dead? Intel Says its 10nm Chips Will Beat Samsung's

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  • (Score: 2) by looorg on Thursday May 04 2017, @09:34PM (2 children)

    by looorg (578) on Thursday May 04 2017, @09:34PM (#504543)

    Samsung -- it's like they are on fire! That slogan is free if they want to use it ...

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 04 2017, @10:15PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 04 2017, @10:15PM (#504563)

    I heard there was a completely free operating system called GNU which is free for anyone who can use it. Can I use GNU with my Samsung chips. Please text your reply to 4326853446632268853247843268008532257853325790953 as I do not read the internet. Thank you your kind attention dear sirs.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 04 2017, @11:16PM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 04 2017, @11:16PM (#504581)

    Next we're going to hear that the Korean's will be putting the USA chip industry out of business. Same old line the Japanese used for a short while when their DRAM sales passed USA sales. Was that in the early 1990s, have forgotten...

    • (Score: 2) by bob_super on Thursday May 04 2017, @11:31PM (2 children)

      by bob_super (1357) on Thursday May 04 2017, @11:31PM (#504590)

      In the very early 90s, US CEOs weren't trying to outsource everything, up to and including grandma, for a bigger quarterly bonus.

      Damn containers, and Internet ...

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 05 2017, @12:43AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 05 2017, @12:43AM (#504613)

        In the early 90s Sematech [technologyreview.com] was a big deal for the industry.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 05 2017, @04:01AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 05 2017, @04:01AM (#504670)

        I miss ma grandma. Obviously I am no ceo material.

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