Intel may lose the silicon revenue crown to Samsung
A number of outlets are reporting that analysts expect Samsung to overtake Intel as the world's largest manufacturer of silicon chips by revenue, in anticipation of the company's financial statements for the second quarter of 2017. Intel has dominated the number one position among chipmakers since the early 1990s, but increased demand for DRAM and NAND storage chips may push Samsung past Intel for the first time ever.
Demand for memory and storage chips has exploded as datacenters and mobile devices have become centers of growth and demand for PCs has generally declined. Samsung manufactures those memory and flash chips, in addition to SoCs used in its own mobile devices and custom parts for third parties like Apple. The Motley Fool cites investment bank Nomura ...