Gartner: ‘Global Microelectronics Market increased by 21.6% in 2017’
The world sales of microelectronic components in 2017 increased by 21.6% compared to 2016 and reached 420.4 billion dollars, and Samsung Electronics for the first time in 25 years replaced Intel from the first place among manufacturers of microelectronics.
However, Gartner analysts believe Samsung will not be able to keep the leadership for a long time. The company's success, as well as the growth of the microelectronics market as a whole, is due to the shortage of DRAM and NAND memory modules. Because of this shortage the prices for DRAM and NAND memory modules have increased significantly.
In monetary terms, the global sales of memory chips grew by 61.8% to $ 130 billion, of which Samsung accounts for nearly 20 billion. In the second half of 2019, prices in the memory market should decrease, analysts believe, and Samsung will lose the first place.
Sales of other microelectronic components increased by 9.3% in 2017. Many leading wide profile manufacturers like Texas Instruments, STMicroelectronics, Infineon and others have significantly increased sales of microchips for cars and industrial equipment.
There were fewer mergers and acquisitions in 2017than in 2016, but the scale of transactions in the microelectronic industry is still increasing. A deal for the purchase of NXP Semiconductors by Qualcomm for $ 44 billion will soon beat the record set in 2016 by Avago, which bought Broadcom for $ 37 billion, Computerworld reports.
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