In this article we are going to list the 5 biggest microchip companies in the world. For a detailed coverage of this topic and a more comprehensive list please take a look at the 15 biggest microchip companies in the world.
5. QUALCOMM Incorporated (NASDAQ:QCOM)
Total revenue of the company (in billions): 36
Total profit of the company (in billions): 10
Total assets of the company (in billions): 42.8
Total market cap of the company (in billions): 139
Headquartered in California, QUALCOMM Incorporated (NASDAQ:QCOM) was founded in 1985 by seven people and has since grown to be a premier microdevice company, operating primarily in the fabless manufacturing industry, while also developing semiconductor parts for different devices such as laptops, wi-fi, smartphones, watches and vehicles. QUALCOMM Incorporated (NASDAQ:QCOM) has more than 50,000 employees.
4. NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA)
Total revenue of the company (in billions): 26.9
Total profit of the company (in billions): 9.8
Total assets of the company (in billions): 44.2
Total market cap of the company (in billions): 383.8
While more popularly known for the production of graphics processing units, NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) is also one of the biggest microchip companies in the world. NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) mainly produces microchips for the automotive market and mobile computing industry. In 2020, NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) announced that it was purchasing Arm from SoftBank in a deal worth $40 billion which is said to be the second biggest semiconductor acquisition in history.
3. Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC)
Total revenue of the company (in billions): 79
Total profit of the company (in billions): 19.9
Total assets of the company (in billions): 123.4
Total market cap of the company (in billions): 190.3
Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) is one of the pioneers of the semiconductor industry, having been established in 1968, and has been one of the companies behind the rise of Silicon Valley as the tech center of the world.
2. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (NYSE:TSM)
Total revenue of the company (in billions): 61.5
Total profit of the company (in billions): 23.6
Total assets of the company (in billions): 139.4
Total market cap of the company (in billions): 426.5
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (NYSE:TSM) is the most valuable semiconductor company in the world. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (NYSE:TSM) is also the biggest dedicated independent semiconductor foundry and is easily among the largest companies in Taiwan. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (NYSE:TSM) currently boasts a capacity of nearly fourteen million 300 mm-equivalent wafers from 2020 and was the first company to commercialize extreme ultraviolet lithography technology.
1. Samsung Electronics
Total revenue of the company (in billions): 208.9
Total profit of the company (in billions): 29.3
Total assets of the company (in billions): 318.3
Total market cap of the company (in billions): 310.5
Samsung tops the list of the 15 biggest microchip companies in the world. Samsung is involved in many industries but one of its main sources of income includes mobile phones and semiconductors ever since the 1990s. It has been one of the biggest chip manufacturers in terms of volumes for several years now.
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