Samsung could soon become the largest chipmaker, ahead of intel

Intel could lose its status as the largest chipmaker during this quarter, the company has been in the highest position since the arrival of Pentium processors in 2003. Now it faces a Samsung that could take the crown off soon after 23 years of reign.

Samsung will become the first chip maker

If the industry trend continues for the next few months, Samsung will become the world's largest chip maker. The South Korean tech giant has its memory department to thank for this, as the continued rise in prices and demand for memory chips is driving Samsung's sales.

Different RAM memories can be used on the same PC

This high demand for memory chips has a lot to do with the Chinese market, manufacturers want to offer smartphones with increasing amounts of memory. Samsung is making sure to capitalize on growing demand through its DRAM and NAND flash memory chips, whose prices are expected to rise 39% and 25%, respectively.

McClean predicts that Intel's chip sales will reach $ 14.4 trillion while Samsung's sales will reach 14.6 trillion during the same period, this translates into an annual increase of 4.1% for the South Korean. It also says that if memory prices don't drop in the second half of 2017, the Korean will also outpace Intel in full-year sales, with both companies expecting to enter $ 60 trillion in semiconductor sales in 2017.

Source: phonearena