Top 10 Popular Semiconductor Companies in 2022

Overview of Top 10 chip brands

1. Intel

• Place of origin: United States

• Founded: 1968

• Founder: Gordon Moore

• http://www.intel.com

Founded in 1968, Intel is a global leader in the semiconductor industry and computing innovation, a popular chip supplier, a Fortune 500 company, and a technology giant specializing in the development and production of microprocessors, chipsets, boards, systems and software. Intel is transforming into a data-centric company, driving innovation and application breakthroughs in transformative technologies such as artificial intelligence, 5G, and the intelligent edge.

In 2020, Intel's revenue amounted to approximately 77.87 billion U.S. dollars, up from the 71.97 billion U.S. dollars that the company recorded in the This represents an eight percent increase year-over-year.

2. Qualcomm

• Place of origin: United States

• Founded: 1985

• http://www.qualcomm.cn/

Qualcomm is the world's leading innovator of wireless technology and the world's largest wireless semiconductor manufacturer, wireless chipset and software technology provider. Its main products include Snapdragon, RF baseband chips, power management chips, GPUs and NPUs, among others. Qualcomm is committed to inventing breakthrough fundamental technologies that will transform the cell phone, automotive, mobile computing, networking device and Internet of Things industries.

QUALCOMM annual revenue for 2020 was $23.531B, a 3.06% decline from 2019. QUALCOMM annual revenue for 2019 was $24.273B, a 7.35% increase from 2018.

3. Hisilicon

• Place of origin: Shenzhen

• Founded: 1991

• http://www.hisilicon.com/

Founded in 2004 as Huawei IC Design Center in 1991, Hisilicon is the world's leading Fabless semiconductor and device design company with chips such as Kirin, Baron, Kunpeng and Sunrise, which have leading advantages in cell phone mobile terminals, communications, data centers and AI. Huawei's products cover smart vision, smart IoT, smart media, smart transportation and automotive electronics, display, and mobile terminals.

In 2020, Huawei had reported revenues CNY 89.14 billion, up 3.8% year-on-year while its net profit had increased by 3.2% to CNY 64.6 billion.

4. SAMSUNG

• Place of origin: South Korea

• Founded: 1938

• https://www.samsung.com/cn/

Samsung was founded in 1938 in South Korea, and is a world-renowned multinational conglomerate with subsidiaries such as Samsung Electronics, Samsung Property, and Samsung Airlines, which are involved in many fields such as electronics, finance, machinery, and chemistry.

In 2020, Samsung weathered the pandemic by posting a record high for revenue in the third quarter of 66.96 trillion won. The company just revealed that it The company just revealed that it set another record for the same period in 2021, reaching 73.98 trillion won, or about $63 billion.

5. Mediatek

• Place of origin: Taiwan, China

• Founded: 1997

• https://www.mediatek.cn/

MediaTek was founded in 1997, and is a Taiwan-listed company, the world's leading system-on-a-chip supplier and the world's leading fabless semiconductor company. Its core businesses include mobile communications, smart home and automotive electronics, and it produces the Tiangui series of chips, and its chip technology has a leading position in the market for smart TVs, voice assistant devices, Android tablets, and feature phones.

MediaTek earned NT$32.215 billion in 2020 revenue, up 30.8% compared to NT$246.22 billion in the year prior.

6. NVIDIA

• Place of origin: United States

• Founded: 1993

• http://www.nvidia.cn

NVIDIA was founded in 1993, invented the programmable GPU (graphics processor) in 1999, and is a technology company focused on designing smart core chipsets, complemented by 3D glasses, etc. It holds more than 1,100 U.S. patents for interactive graphics products used in a wide range of devices from tablets and portable media players to laptops and workstations.

NVIDIA annual revenue for 2020 was $10.918B, a 6.81% decline from 2019. NVIDIA annual revenue for 2019 was $11.716B, a 20.61% increase from 2018.

7. Broadcom

• Place of Origin: United States

• Founded: 1991

• https://www.broadcom.com/

Founded in 1991, Broadcom is a global leader in wired and wireless communications semiconductors and a leader in WLAN silicon, focused on providing industry-wide, best-in-class system-on-chip and software solutions for manufacturers of computing and networking equipment, digital entertainment and broadband access products, and mobile devices. Broadcom holds more than 2,600 U.S. patents and 1,200 foreign patents for wired and wireless transmission of voice, video, data and multimedia.

According to Broadcom's latest financial reports the company's current revenue (TTM) is $27.45 B. In 2020 the company made a revenue of 23.88 Millions of US $.

8.TI Texas Instruments

• Place of origin: United States

• Founded: 1930

• Chairman: Rich Templeton

• http://www.ti.com.cn/

TI Texas Instruments began in 1930 in the United States, the world's largest manufacturer of analog circuit technology components, known for the development, manufacture and sale of semiconductors and computer technology, primarily engaged in the design, manufacture, testing and sales of analog and embedded semiconductors in industrial, automotive, personal electronics, communications equipment and enterprise systems markets. Texas Instruments has manufacturing, design or sales facilities in more than 25 countries worldwide.

In 2020, Texas Instruments generated about 14.46 billion U.S. dollars in revenue worldwide, an increase from the 14.38 billion U.S. dollars that the In 2020, Texas Instruments generated about 14.46 billion U.S. dollars in revenue worldwide, an increase from the 14.38 billion U.S. dollars that the company recorded in the previous year.

9. AMD

• Place of Origin: United States

• Founded: 1969

• http://www.amd.com.cn/

AMD is a world-renowned semiconductor company that designs and manufactures innovative microprocessors for the computer, communications and consumer electronics industries, including CPUs, GPUs, motherboard chipsets, and TV card chips, as well as providing flash memory and low-power processor solutions. The company's high-performance and cost-efficient Rex series processors and "AMD YES" slogan have been well received by consumers.

For full year 2020, the company reported revenue of $9.76 billion, operating income of $1.37 billion.

10. SK Hynix

• Place of origin: Korea

• Founded: 1983

• http://www.skhynix.com.cn/

Founded in 1983 in South Korea, SK Hynix is a company that manufactures and supplies D-RAM and NAND flash memory, which are essential for IT devices such as computers and mobile device products, as its main products. As a leading global semiconductor manufacturer, SK Hynix has four production sites in Icheon and Cheongju, Korea, and Wuxi and Chongqing, China, and has established four R&D centers and ten sales offices worldwide.

In 2020, the revenue of South Korean memory chipmaker and semiconductor company SK Hynix amounted to almost 32 trillion South Korean won. S. dollars