After shedding the primary place to Intel again in 2023, Samsung has now returned because the world’s largest semiconductor producer in 2024. The Korean tech big secured the most important market share of 10.5% final yr with a complete income of $66.5 billion. The corporate grew its shipments by a staggering 62.5% year-over-year because of a rebound in reminiscence chip costs.
Samsung has been a key provider of varied chips spanning from DRAM, HBM, and NAND to CPU and GPU chips. Nonetheless, the agency misplaced contracts with some high-profile purchasers like Nvidia because of overheating points with Samsung’s HBM reminiscence chips, that are very sought-after in AI GPU manufacturing.
Reportedly, the problems have been ironed out and Samsung has already obtained Nvidia’s certification, which in flip will enhance Samsung’s gross sales even additional this yr.
Nonetheless, Samsung is having some hassle refining its 3nm course of, and it is a bit behind the curve in comparison with different chip producers like TSMC, so it is focusing its efforts on bringing 2nm chips to the market as early as subsequent yr.
