The 10 largest semiconductor companies in the world by revenue generated by the semiconductor industry. The company's revenue from other business areas is not included in this ranking.
Since the birth of the private market in the late 60s and early 1970s of the 20th century, the global semiconductor industry has become an integral part and part of the modern computer-driven world. The semiconductor industry was, and still is, critical to today's technology landscape and powers the world's most cutting-edge electronics, such as computers and smartphones. In fact, the semiconductor industry has seen tremendous growth over the past few decades as the demand for faster, better, and more efficient technologies continues to grow.
As a result, competition among the world's largest semiconductor companies is fierce. These leading companies are responsible for the production of some of the most complex integrated circuits ("microchips"), transistors, and other semiconductor products on the market today. Today, their products are not only used in computers or smartphones, but are increasingly used in automobiles and various electronic household devices, medical devices, and several industrial machines.
1. TSMC
Semiconductor revenue: $74.1 billion
Headquarters: Hsinchu City, Taiwan, China
Founded: 1987
Main Industry: Semiconductors
Types of Semiconductor Products Offered:
Extreme ultraviolet lithography
Integrated circuits (microchips): central processing unit (CPU), graphics processing unit (GPU)
Semiconductor memory: non-volatile memory (NVM), random access memory (RAM)
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (TSMC) is the world's largest semiconductor company by revenue. More precisely, it is the world's largest professional independent semiconductor foundry, so it plays an important and critical role in the global semiconductor market and various types of electronics markets around the world. The Taiwanese company's main business is to manufacture high-tech, cutting-edge integrated circuits using a variety of semiconductor technologies.
TSMC has been a leader in the semiconductor industry for more than three decades. The company is known for its advanced process technology, with a portfolio of more than 30 different process nodes, ranging from 3nm to 28nm. It is also the world's largest contract manufacturer of semiconductors and has some of the world's largest tech companies as its customers, such as Apple. TSMC is also known for its advanced R&D capabilities, which include the almost exclusive use of modern high-tech technologies, such as extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography, for the manufacture of state-of-the-art integrated circuits.
2. Samsung
Semiconductor revenue: $65.6 billion
Headquarters: Seoul, South Korea
Founded: 1938
Main Industry: Electronics
Types of Semiconductor Products Offered:
Semiconductor memory: Random Access Memory (RAM), Non-volatile Memory (NVM)
Integrated Circuits (Microchips): Central Processing Units (CPUs)
Samsung is the world's second-largest semiconductor company. The South Korean company offers a wide range of products in the field of consumer and industrial electronics. Samsung is also probably the most famous, as it is the largest smartphone manufacturer in the world. As the world's second-largest semiconductor manufacturer and integrated device manufacturer (IDM), the company manufactures a wide range of semiconductor products such as transistors, integrated circuits, memory devices, etc., giving the company the ability to design and produce the required semiconductor electronic devices mainly within the corporate structure.
Samsung is particularly known as an innovative global leader in the memory sector of the semiconductor industry, having introduced a large number of innovations and technologies in the field of semiconductor memory over the past few decades, and is a leading manufacturer of random access memory. Access memory (RAM) and non-volatile memory (NVM) solutions, especially in the solid-state drive (SSD) space. As the largest smartphone manufacturer, Samsung also produces mobile (micro)processors.
3. Intel
Semiconductor revenue: $63.1 billion
Headquartered: Santa Clara, California, USA
Founded: 1968
Main Industry: Semiconductors
Types of Semiconductor Products Offered:
Integrated circuits (microchips): central processing unit (CPU), graphics processing unit (GPU)
Intel is the world's third-largest semiconductor company and the world's largest manufacturer of personal computers (PCs), central processing units (CPUs), and graphics processing units (GPUs). Most PCs, laptops, and many server systems in the global market are equipped with Intel's microprocessors. The California-based company also manufactures its own microchips as well as complete devices related to communication and computing, suitable for both the consumer and commercial markets.
In addition to its dominant market position in PCs, Intel is a major supplier of chips used in smartphones, tablets, and other mobile devices. Founded in 1968, Intel has been one of the major drivers of technological advancements in semiconductors, helping and will continue to shape the modern computing industry.
4. Qualcomm
Semiconductor revenue: $44.2 billion
Headquartered in: San Diego, California, USA
Founded: 1985
Main Industry: Semiconductors
Types of Semiconductor Products Offered:
Integrated circuits (microchips): central processing unit (CPU), graphics processing unit (GPU)
Qualcomm is another leading American semiconductor company headquartered in California and the fourth-largest semiconductor company in the world. The company is particularly focused on the development of semiconductor products and devices for the telecommunications industry. Founded in 1985, Qualcomm has since been known for its key involvement in or direct development of innovative and revolutionary breakthrough mobile communications technologies and standards such as CDMA, GSM, 4G and 5G.
Today, Qualcomm is the world's leading supplier of baseband processors and mobile processors for smartphones, tablets, and other mobile devices. It is also a leading patent holder for various wireless communication standards. Most of the smartphones sold in the world today use technology or products developed by Qualcomm.
5.SK
Semiconductor revenue: $34.2 billion
Headquarters: Seoul, South Korea
Founded: 1953
Main industry: energy
Types of Semiconductor Products Offered:
Semiconductor memory: Random Access Memory (RAM), Non-volatile Memory (NVM)
SK ranks fifth among the world's largest semiconductor companies by revenue. Founded in 1953, the South Korean company is today a large conglomerate with numerous subsidiaries active in various industries. SK's main business is in the energy industry, and the company develops energy solutions and substances, with a special focus on sustainable energy generation. The group is also involved in the chemical industry as well as in the telecommunications and information technology industries.
In 2012, SK successfully acquired Hynix, a South Korean semiconductor company, and has since further ventured into the semiconductor industry under its subsidiary, SK Hynix. SK hynix specializes in dynamic random access memory (DRAM) and non-volatile memory (NVM) chips, especially NAND flash memory. The company is also known for its cutting-edge technologies, such as advanced semiconductor packaging, memory design, and process technology. As a result, SK through its subsidiary, SK Hynix, has successfully become the world's leading supplier of memory chips to big tech companies such as Apple.
6. Micron Technology
Semiconductor revenue: $30.8 billion
Headquartered in: Boise, Idaho, USA
Founded: 1978
Main Industry: Semiconductors
Types of Semiconductor Products Offered:
Semiconductor memory: Random Access Memory (RAM), Non-volatile Memory (NVM)
Micron Technology is another leading global semiconductor company that designs, manufactures, and markets a wide range of semiconductor memory and storage solutions. Founded in 1978, the Idaho-based American company has grown from a small start-up to one of the world's leading manufacturers of memory and storage technology. The Company manufactures products for the commercial and consumer markets. Its consumer products are marketed under the Company's "Crucial" and "SpecTek" brands.
Micron offers a broad portfolio of random-access and non-volatile memory, including DRAM, NOR, and NAND, the latter of which Micron developed in partnership with the U.S. semiconductor company Intel. The company also provides custom memory foundry solutions for automotive and other industrial applications.
7. Nvidia
Semiconductor revenue: $27 billion
Headquartered: Santa Clara, California, USA
Founded: 1993
Main Industry: Semiconductors
Types of Semiconductor Products Offered:
Integrated circuits (microchips): graphics processing unit (GPU), central processing unit (CPU)
Nvidia ranks seventh among the world's largest semiconductor companies. The California-based American company designs, manufactures, and sells a wide range of graphics-related products and is the world's largest manufacturer of graphics processing units (GPUs). Nvidia's GPUs are widely used for graphics-intensive activities such as video games, video editing, and several AI applications. In addition to its consumer business, NVIDIA manufactures a variety of products for industrial customers such as the automotive industry. Since 2022, the company has also started manufacturing AI-powered central processing units (CPUs).
But most importantly, Nvidia has always been an innovator in the field of graphics and artificial intelligence and is at the forefront of these technological developments. In addition to its products, the company provides customers with comprehensive training, deep learning, and AI development solutions, making NVIDIA a leader not only in the GPU space for the semiconductor industry, but in the AI space as a whole.
8. Broadcom
Semiconductor revenue: $25.82 billion
Headquartered in: San Jose, California, USA
Founded: 1961
Main Industry: Semiconductors
Types of Semiconductor Products Offered:
Integrated Circuits (Microchips): Central Processing Units (CPUs)
Broadcom is another California-based semiconductor company that ranks among the top 10 semiconductor companies in the world. The Company designs, develops, manufactures, and sells a wide range of semiconductor microchips for various applications such as mobile, networking, storage, computing, automotive, aerospace, industrial, and others. Broadcom's products are used by many leading technology companies, including Apple, Samsung, Microsoft, Dell, and HP. The company is also a major supplier to the telecommunications and networking industries, offering a range of semiconductor products such as wireless communication chips.
In addition to its core semiconductor business, Broadcom is also involved in the software business and is one of the largest software companies in the world.
9. Applied Materials, Inc
Semiconductor revenue: $25.8 billion
Headquartered: Santa Clara, California, USA
Founded: 1967
Main Industry: Semiconductors
Types of Semiconductor Products Offered:
Semiconductor manufacturing equipment
Applied Materials ranks ninth among the world's largest semiconductor companies. The California-based U.S. company is a global leader in the development and manufacturing of deposition, heat treatment, ion implantation, and wafer inspection components, which are critical to manufacturing semiconductor products and required to manufacture semiconductor products. Founded in 1967, the company has been one of the most influential companies in the semiconductor industry in its early days, and was particularly responsible for the success of the U.S. semiconductor industry. Applied materials equipment is still used worldwide to manufacture semiconductor chips for a variety of applications.
Applied Materials is also a global leader in semiconductor component manufacturing equipment for televisions, computer monitors, and other display devices. Today, the most advanced microchips and displays on the global market use at least some of the components manufactured by Applied Materials.
10. AMD Semiconductor Corporation
Semiconductor revenue: $23.6 billion
Headquartered: Santa Clara, California, USA
Founded: 1969
Main Industry: Semiconductors
Types of Semiconductor Products Offered:
Integrated circuits (microchips): central processing unit (CPU), graphics processing unit (GPU)
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) completes the ranking of the top 10 semiconductor companies in the world. AMD specializes in central processing units (CPUs) and graphics processing units (GPUs). Founded in 1969, the American company is also one of the businesses that has been integral to the rise and success of California's Silicon Valley. AMD's CPUs and GPUs are widely used in PCs and laptops around the world, as well as in gaming consoles and some other electronic devices.
Especially in recent years, the company has established itself as a high-tech innovator in the semiconductor microchip industry by launching several innovations and benchmarks across the CPU and GPU market.
Top 10 semiconductor companies in the world in 2023
(As of March 2023)
| 1. TSMC Semiconductor revenue: $74.1 billion |
| 2. Samsung Semiconductor revenue: $65.6 billion |
| 3. Intel Semiconductor revenue: $63.1 billion |
| 4. Qualcomm Semiconductor revenue: $44.2 billion |
| 5. SK Semiconductor revenue: $34.2 billion |
| 6. Micron Technology Semiconductor revenue: $30.8 billion |
| 7. NVIDIA Semiconductor revenue: $27 billion |
| 8. Broadcom Semiconductor revenue: $25.82 billion |
| 9. Applied Materials Semiconductor revenue: $25.8 billion |
| 10. AMD Semiconductor Corporation Semiconductor revenue: $23.6 billion |