Samsung records the highest ever sales of over 7 trillion yen in the semiconductor sector to the world's largest semiconductor manufacturer

byDennis M 2

Samsung reported its earnings for the fourth quarter of 2017 and it was revealed for the first time that Intel exceeded the world's largest annual sales as a semiconductor manufacturer for the past 25 years.

Samsung Electronics Announces Fourth Quarter and FY 2017 Results - Samsung Global Newsroom
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Samsung surpasses Intel as world's biggest chipmaker for the first time
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/31/samsung-surpasses-intel-as-worlds-biggest-chipmaker-for-the-first-time.html

According to the financial results report, the total sales of the Samsung Semiconductor division in 2017 amounted to 69.8 billion dollars (about 7.6 trillion yen), exceeding Intel's 62.7 billion dollars (about 6.8 trillion yen).BloombergAccording to Intel, the company that has recorded the highest sales as a semiconductor manufacturer since 1992, this record was eventually broken in 2017 in the 25th year.

Samsung's favorable achievements are supported by "growth in semiconductor memory demand" and "supply shortage of DRAM and NAND memory and accompanying price rise". As Samsung supports semiconductor memory demand, it has increased its performance. In addition, the fact that Intel and Samsung, which were the world's largest semiconductor manufacturers, have not competed in all aspects of the semiconductor business, also contributed to the substantial increase in business results.

Intel's strength as a semiconductor manufacturer is a processor designed for desktop computers and laptops. In contrast, Samsung manufactures semiconductors suitable for a variety of devices, from data center servers to smartphones. The semiconductor division has grown significantly in 2017, and it seems that the semiconductor sector now occupies more than two-thirds of Samsung's profits.

In addition, as a policy of Samsung's future semiconductor business, we reveal that we will enter the field such as automatic driving cars. Other,Started manufacturing ASIC hardware for virtual currency miningIt is reported that it did.

However, some analysts warn that "Samsung's good results will not last". Also, Gartner's Andrew Norwood, an investigator and consultant in the IT field, said, "Semiconductor memory prices will go down in 2018,"Talkis.