Intel Is Still The Market Leader

Reports now show that Intel shipped 44 percent more Microprocessors than Samsung and Intel’s overall shipments grew 25 percent year-over-year. Meanwhile Samsung’s first quarter microprocessor grew by 15 percent.  The report also noted that Toshiba and TSMC came in a respectful 3^rd and 4t with 10 and 18 percent of year over year growth respectively. Texas Instruments came in 5^th barely edging out Renesas which appears to be closing the gap on TI.

Super mobile chipmaker Qualcomm was 10^th and showed a 22 percent growth year-over-year; while AMD ranked 12th, with 2 percent growth.  One would have thought that AMD would have been one of the top five manufacturers.

Unfortunately Nvidia and Sony ended up at the bottom with ended up at the bottom with six and 14 percent drop in sales, respectively.

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