Samsung Electronics has been the market chief for reminiscence chips for nearly three many years now. However now, its dominance may not proceed for for much longer as rising rivals have intensified competitors, whereas it lags behind different main chip makers in the SoC business (System on Chip).
In accordance with a BusinessKorea report, the South Korean tech big held a market share of 41 p.c in the fourth quarter of final yr. This was adopted by SK Hynix that held 29.three p.c and Micron Expertise with 24.three p.c market share. Moreover, that is indicative of the gaps between Samsung and the opposite corporations narrowing. As per the report, Samsung’s dominance would possibly proceed if its efficiency in the system on chip sector. Though, this is able to be fairly troublesome for the corporate.
An business supply near the matter mentioned that “Foundry-based ecosystem institution to cowl fabless and packaging is pressing to meet up with TSMC. South Korea’s system-on-chip business can develop solely after world leaders emerge in every of the segments.” In less complicated phrases, the fabless business in South Korea remains to be inadequate as they lack authentic expertise {and professional} manpower.
Notably, TSMC and Samsung Electronics’ first quarter foundry market shares are estimated to be round 56 p.c and 18 p.c respectively, with the latter’s market share by no means crossing 20 p.c in the worldwide foundry market. Speaking concerning the former, the Taiwanese chip maker has been greater than 300 p.c of Samsung’s this yr.
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