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Top microprocessor suppliers nearly 2.5 million processors following in-
expand market lead creases of 6% in 2021 and 5% in 2020.
SCOTTSDALE, Arizona — Despite eco- Higher ASPs ahead
nomic troubles brewing this year, to- mP revenues in 2022 are expected to get
tal microprocessor sales are expected a boost from an 8% increase in ASPs af-
to maintain double-digit percentage ter average prices grew 7% last year and
growth in 2022, rising nearly 12% to 10% in 2020, says IC Insights’ 2Q Update.
a record-high $114.8 billion, thanks to
higher average selling prices (ASPs), The figure shows that the ranking of the
according to IC Insights. top five microprocessor suppliers was
unchanged in 2021 compared to 2020,
The new ranking shows long-time leader with their combined revenue values of mPs
Intel sliding closer to half the total sales in shipped last year rising 15% to $88.3 bil-
microprocessors. lion.
Sales grew 13% last year The combined 2021 marketshare of the
Total mP sales grew 13% in 2021 and five largest microprocessor suppliers
climbed 16% in 2020, when the Covid-19 reached 86.0% of the world’s total $102.7
virus health crisis wrecked the global billion MPU sales last year compared to
economy but also drove up microprocessor 85.0% in 2020 and 82.1% in 2016.
demand because of the need for more per- The next five largest MPU suppliers—in
sonal computers, smartphones, and Inter- 6th to 10th places in IC Insights’ rank-
net connections in the deadly pandemic. ing (Nvidia, Samsung, UNISOC, HiSilicon,
and NXP)—collectively held a 4.3% share
IC Insights’ 2Q Update to the 2022 Mc- of the 2021 total (or $4.4 billion) versus
Clean Report service shows total mP ship- 5.0% in 2020.
ments rising just 3% this year, which will
lift unit volume to an all-time high of It is important to note that IC Insights’
mP ranking is based
on sales of comput-
er CPUs, embedded
microprocessors,
and cellphone ap-
plication processors
but excludes co-
processors, such as
AI/machine-learning
accelerators and
accelerators and
standalone graph-
ics processing units
(GPUs).
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