Gartner Says Worldwide Semiconductor Revenue Grew 21.6 Percent in 2017 as Samsung Takes Over No. 1 Position
Booming Memory Market Overshadows High Growth in Other Segments
STAMFORD, Conn., April 23, 2018 -- Driven by strong growth in the memory market, worldwide semiconductor revenue totaled $420.4 billion in 2017, a 21.6 percent increase from 2016 revenue of $345.9 billion, according to final results by Gartner, Inc.
"2017 saw two semiconductor industry milestones — revenue surpassed $400 billion, and Intel, the No. 1 vendor for the last 25 years, was pushed into second place by Samsung Electronics," said George Brocklehurst, research director at Gartner. "Both milestones happened due to rapid growth in the memory market as undersupply drove pricing for DRAM and NAND flash higher."
The memory market surged nearly $50 billion to reach $130 billion in 2017, a 61.8 percent increase from 2016. Samsung's memory revenue alone increased nearly $20 billion in 2017, moving the company into the top spot in 2017 (see Table 1). However, Gartner predicts that the company's lead will be short-lived and will disappear when the memory market goes into its bust cycle, most likely in late 2019.
Table 1. Top 10 Semiconductor Vendors by Revenue, Worldwide, 2017 (Millions of U.S. Dollars)
2017 Rank | 2016 Rank | Vendor | 2017 Revenue | 2017 Market Share (%) | 2016 Revenue | 2016-2017 Growth (%) |
1 | 2 | Samsung Electronics | 59,875 | 14.2 | 40,104 | 49.3 |
2 | 1 | Intel | 58,725 | 14.0 | 54,091 | 8.6 |
3 | 4 | SK hynix | 26,370 | 6.3 | 14,681 | 79.6 |
4 | 5 | Micron Technology | 22,895 | 5.4 | 13,381 | 71.1 |
5 | 3 | Qualcomm | 16,099 | 3.8 | 15,415 | 4.4 |
6 | 6 | Broadcom | 15,405 | 3.7 | 13,223 | 16.4 |
7 | 7 | Texas Instruments | 13,506 | 3.2 | 11,899 | 13.5 |
8 | 8 | Toshiba | 12,408 | 3.0 | 9,918 | 25.1 |
9 | 17 | Western Digital | 9,159 | 2.2 | 4,170 | 119.6 |
10 | 9 | NXP | 8,750 | 2.1 | 9,314 | -6.1 |
Others | 177,201 | 42.2 | 159,655 | 11.0 | ||
Total Market | 420,393 | 100.0 | 345,851 | 21.6 |
Source: Gartner (April 2018)
The booming memory segment overshadowed strong growth in other categories in 2017. Nonmemory semiconductors grew $24.8 billion to reach $290 billion, representing a growth rate of 9.3 percent. Many of the broadline suppliers in the top 25 semiconductor vendors, including Texas Instruments, STMicroelectronics and Infineon, experience high growth as two key markets, industrial and automotive, continued double-digit growth, buoyed by broad-based growth across most other end markets.
The combined revenue of the top 10 semiconductor vendors increased by 30.6 percent during 2017 and accounted for 58 percent of the total market, outperforming the rest of the market, which saw a milder 11.0 percent revenue increase.
M&As are taking longer
2017 was a slower year for closing mergers and acquisitions (M&As), with roughly half the deal value and number of deals compared with 2016. However, the semiconductor industry continues to see escalating deal sizes with greater complexity, which are becoming more challenging to close. Avago set a record in its acquisition of Broadcom for $37 billion in 2016, and this record should soon be broken by Qualcomm's acquisition of NXP Semiconductors for $44 billion.
The IoT is starting to pay vendor dividends
Growth in the Internet of Things (IoT) is having a significant impact on the semiconductor market, with application-specific standard products (ASSPs) for consumer applications up by 14.3 percent and industrial ASSPs rising by 19.1 percent in 2017. Semiconductors for wireless connectivity showed the highest growth with 19.3 percent in 2017, and topping $10 billion for the first time, despite reduced component prices and the static smartphone industry.
More detailed analysis is available to Gartner clients in the report "Market Share Analysis: Semiconductors, Worldwide, 2017."
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