TSMC, Samsung and Intel were the top three chip makers by revenue in Q1, 2021

The data from research institutions showed that in the first quarter of this year, the top 15 semiconductor manufacturers’ revenue reached US$101.863 billion, a year-on-year increase of 21%.

Except for a slight decline in revenue, the remaining 14 The semiconductor revenue of each company has increased year on year, and the year-on-year growth rate of two of them is more than 90%.

Among the 15 largest semiconductor manufacturers given by research institutions based on their revenue scale, the top 5 remained unchanged compared to the same period last year. They are still Intel, Samsung, TSMC, SK Hynix, and Micron.

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As the world’s largest chip manufacturer, TSMC, which manufactures chips for Apple, AMD, and other manufacturers, was still the world’s third-largest semiconductor manufacturer in terms of revenue in the first quarter, second only to Intel and Samsung.

According to data from research institutions, in the first quarter of this year, TSMC’s semiconductor revenue was US$12.911 billion, an increase of US$2.592 billion from US$10.319 billion in the same period last year, an increase of 25% year-on-year.

In terms of semiconductor revenue, TSMC still has a gap with Intel and Samsung. In the report of the research organization, Intel’s semiconductor revenue in the first quarter was 18.676 billion U.S. dollars, and Samsung’s was 17.07 billion U.S. dollars. Intel, Samsung, and TSMC are also three companies with revenues of more than US$10 billion in semiconductors in the first quarter.