After Samsung's company that sold most chips between 2017 and 2018, leaving Intel far behind, it seems the worst market for 2019 is well suited to the blue giant since it worked to restore its former position. Also, spectacularly Intel is the best seller for it has always been at least on the floor, as some companies, and especially very large companies, have suffered a serious infringement on sales of semiconductors.
Intel is the biggest seller in the declining market
Intel has benefited from something Inflation is plagued by the memory market Last year, which had a negative impact on its major competitor, Samsung. As such Intel sales decreased 0.7% while Samsung made up 29.1%, those of SK Hynix 38% and those of Micron 32.6%. As we mentioned, the biggest ones are experiencing major failures outside of Intel, which has re-emphasized that its sales are repositioned and become the biggest selling point.
| 2019 position | 2018 rankings | Manufacturer | Sales 2019 | 2019 share (%) | Sales for 2018 | Different |
| 1 | 2 | Intel | 65793 | 15.7 | 66290 | -0.7 |
| 2 | 1 | Samsung | 52214 | 12.5 | 73649 | -29.1 |
| 3 | 3 | SK Hynix | 22478 | 5.4 | 36240 | -38 |
| 4 | 4 | Micron | 20056 | 4.8 | 29742 | -32.6 |
| 5 | 5 | Stream | 15293 | 3.7 | 16261 | -6 |
| 6 | 6 | Qualcomm | 13537 | 3.2 | 15375 | -12 |
| 7 | 7 | Texas Instruments | 13203 | 3.2 | 14593 | -9.5 |
| 8 | 8 | ST Microelectronics | 9017 | 2.2 | 9213 | -2.1 |
| 9 | 12 | Kioxia (Toshiba) | 8797 | 2.1 | 8533 | -3.1 |
| 10 | 10 | NXP | 8745 | 2.1 | 9022 | -3.1 |
| Other | 189169 | 45.2 | 195713 | -3.3 | ||
| Total | 418302 | 100 | 474631 | -11.9 |
As you can see, each of the semiconductor manufacturers sold less during 2019 than during 2018, dropping significantly to Samsung, SK Hynix and Micron. Intel has been able to maintain good stability and is the one that made the slightest downfall, which has helped them win their crown in a market that is obviously low. If in 2018 sales of $ 474,631 were sold, by 2019 this figure would have decreased by 11.9%.
The stock market is partly to blame
When we talk about semiconductor sales, we're not just talking about processors, but this also includes RAM and chip storage. And that's no small feat, because this market represents 26.7% of global semiconds sales, despite being hit 31.5% decrease compare with last year. As you can see, everything goes down.
Within the memory market, DRAM sales dropped 37.5 percent, something bizarre because in 2018 there was a severe RAM crash that caused its price to drop to historic lows and, nevertheless, its sales did not rise significantly. By 2019 the inventory of RAM suppliers was over-optimized and prices were up again in the second half of the year (overall, the price of RAM dropped by 47.4% between 2018 and 2019), but that also did not help ease the recession that the market is currently suffering.
