Intel vs Samsung: The fight for Domination

Introduction:

In the second half of the 20th century when semiconductors were developed for the first time, the number of companies involved in the production of semiconductors were handful in numbers. Fairchild electronics, Texas instruments were the first companies to produce the semiconductors. Intel was also one of the early manufacturers of semiconductors. Since the establishment of Intel it has dominated the semiconductor industry. Many companies have given tough competition to Intel over the years, and some of them have also snatched the crown from Intel for some years. From all these competitors, Samsung is the most fierceful one and it has given the toughest competition to Intel since its establishment. But according to semiconductor rankings 2020, Intel has defended its top position, forcing Samsung to settle for the second position. 



Intel vs Samsung: A comparison of two rivals

Intel has secured the top spot in the semiconductor market in 2020, but that doesn’t mean that it will be an easy job for them to do so in upcoming years. The semiconductor market is getting competitive day by day and Samsung is throwing some harsh curveballs towards Intel. Below is the comparison of the two rivals and their performance in the past few years.

Intel:  Intel is an American Semiconductor Company. In 2019, the semiconductor sales of the Intel was $70.79 Billions which increased by 4% in 2020 resulting in annual semiconductor sales of $73.89 Billions. Because of this growth in sales, Intel has managed to retain its top spot in 2020 too.

Samsung: Samsung Inc. is a South Korean Company. Though, Samsung is the world’s largest chipmaker, because of which they have been able to reach the top spot in the semiconductor industry. But as the demand for the memory chips fell in 2019 as well as in 2020, they lost their top spot to Intel and had to settle for the second position. In 2019, the semiconductor sales of the Samsung was $55.7 Billions which increased by 9% in 2020 resulting in annual semiconductor saled of $60.4 Billions.

Analysis of the performance of the two rivals:

Both the companies have witnessed positive growth in 2020 as compared to 2019. Though almost every industry was affected by 2020 which caused fall in demand, the semiconductor industry flourished as the demand for electronic and tech products surged during the pandemic. The growth rate in sales of Samsung is more than Intel which shows that Samsung still has the potential and efficiency to overthrow Intel from the top spot. Other top semiconductor companies such as TSMC, Sk hynix also witnessed growth in the sales but they are way behind as compared to intel and samsung. This is the reason Samsung and Intel are the Arch Rivals in the Semiconductor Industry as of now.

 

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