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The semiconductor industry is the beating heart of modern technology, enabling advancements in computing telecommunications, AI, and various other fields. So who are the top 10 companies behind this massive industry? Here, we will explore these industry giants, with insights into their market capitalisation, revenue, and influence, as of February 2025. NVIDIA Corporation NVIDIA, founded
The global semiconductor manufacturing industry closed 2024 with strong fourth quarter results and solid year-on-year (YoY) growth across most of the key industry segments, SEMI announced in its Q4 2024 publication of the Semiconductor Manufacturing Monitor (SMM) Report, prepared in partnership with TechInsights. The industry outlook is cautiously optimistic at the start of 2025 as
With a score that broke solidly above the 100-point threshold in January for the overall component average, the year got off to an encouraging start, according to the ECIA’s Electronic Component Sales Trend (ECST) January 2025 survey results. While the actual score of 108.5 was 6.7 points lower than the forecast from the December survey,
At over $670 billion in 2024, Yole Group’s analysts report a $100 billion year-over-year increase from 2023. And this is just the beginning – strong growth is expected in the coming years, fuelled by the Generative AI boom. “A new growth cycle is expected to continue over the next three to four years, driven by
In the second half of 2024, worldwide silicon wafer demand started to recover from the industry downcycle seen in 2023, the SEMI Silicon Manufacturers Group (SMG) reported in its year-end analysis of the silicon wafer industry. Worldwide silicon wafer shipments in 2024 decreased 2.7% to 12,266 million square inches while wafer revenue contracted 6.5% to
Hermann Reiter, Chairman of DMASS notes that the past year has been exceptionally challenging for the distribution industry in EMEA, and it is now facing the harsh reality of significant revenue losses. In 2024, the overall distribution industry in EMEA experienced a staggering loss of more than €5.6 billion compared to 2023. The semiconductor sector
By Adam Fletcher, Chairman of the Electronic Components Supply Network (ecsn) For the past decade or so the primary driver of the global electronic components market has been the demand for the latest innovation in cellular mobile phone (CMP) handsets and related infrastructure. The Automotive sector occupied position two followed by the high-performance computing (HPC)
Arm has reported a 19% year-over-year increase in revenue for its latest quarter, reaching $983 million, driven by record royalty earnings and continued strength in license revenue. The company has credited this growth to the increasing adoption of its Armv9 architecture, rising demand for its Compute Subsystems (CSS), and expanding presence in data centres and
German component distribution sees 2025 as a year of setting the course and calls for future-oriented investments in infrastructure and education. Sales of electronic components distribution, according to FBDi e.V., fell by more than 35% in the fourth quarter of 2024. Incoming orders are not providing any stimulus. The outlook remains subdued until mid-2025. FBDi
Infineon Technologies is reporting results for the first quarter of the 2025 fiscal year (period ended 31 December 2024). “Infineon has held up well in a weak market environment, closing its first quarter slightly ahead of expectations,” says Jochen Hanebeck, CEO of Infineon. “Against a continued uncertain economic backdrop, our business trajectory in this fiscal