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New “megasuppliers” will join
the ranks of the $10 billion club
SCOTTSDALE, Arizona —Seventeen
semiconductor companies are forecast
to have >$10.0 billion in sales this
year, according to IC Insights.
Joining the ranks
AMD, Analog Devices and NXP Semicon-
ductors are expected to join the ranks of
the “megasuppliers” in 2021.
The 17 companies forecast to have world-
wide semiconductor (IC and O S D—opto-
electronic, sensor, and discrete) sales of
>$10.0 billion in 2021 are shown in the
figure below.
These megasuppliers include nine sup-
pliers headquartered in the U.S., three
in Europe, two each in Taiwan and South
Korea, and one in Japan. The list includes
six fabless companies (Qualcomm, Nvidia,
Broadcom, MediaTek, AMD, and Apple) and
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one pure-play foundry (TSMC). In total,
the megasuppliers’ sales are expected to
jump by 26% in 2021 compared to 2020
— one point greater than the forecasted
total worldwide semiconductor industry
2021/2020 increase of 25%.
Acquisitions included
To make the year-over-year growth rate
comparisons more reflective of actual
growth, the sales figures include each
company’s semiconductor sales from ac-
quisitions in 2020 and 2021 regardless of
when the acquisition was finalized.
For example, Analog Devices officially
closed its deal to acquire Maxim on August
25, 2021. However, IC Insights added
Maxim’s full-year 2020 IC sales of $2,354
million to Analog Devices’ 2020 semicon-
ductor sales for a total of $8,127 million.
Moreover, $665 million was added to Ana-
log Devices’ 1Q21 sales to account for
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