Intel has regained its place of semiconductor chief by income from Samsung for the 2019 interval. Intel had been trailing Samsung for the final 2 years however after a decline in DRAM demand Intel reclaimed the main place. The total semiconductor market noticed income drops of 12% in 2019 which hit different firms worse than Intel.
Andrew Norwood, analysis VP at Gartner says: “Oversupply in the DRAM market helped push the overall memory market down 32.7% 2019. The memory market accounted for 26.1% of semiconductor sales in 2019 and was the worst-performing device segment,”. Samsung being a big DRAM provider was hit laborious by this in comparison with Intel with restricted reminiscence manufacturing. Gartner the analysis agency has additionally reduce its international semiconductor market outlook this yr to a 0.9% dip from the 12.5% development estimated on the finish of 2019 as a result of results of COVID-19.
