Samsung overtakes Intel as world’s largest chipmaker

You would be forgiven for thinking "aren't Samsung just a manufacture of goods, such as TV's Laptops and of course the owners of the Galaxy smartphone family". That was originally true. However, a few years back, Samsung realised that they had to start making their own chipsets along with other internal components for their smartphone and other ranges. Since then, they have started to make internal parts for many other companies. Apple uses Samsungs touchscreen technology in their iPhone handsets for a start! 

So, now that is answered, we are now accepting that Samsung does not just make electrical products, but they manufacture the internal parts themselves. Well, their chipmaking department has just overtaken the worlds largest processor manufacturer!

Samsung has just overtaken Intel as the largest chipmaker!

Samsung registered a record profit of $12.6 billion in its second quarter earnings report. Hidden within those numbers lies another milestone. Of its $54 billion in revenue, $15 billion came solely from Samsung Semiconductors. THis is their processor chips for smartphones/laptops. This pushes it above the $14.8 billion that Intel has reported in.

This is the end of Intel's 24-year-reign 

But Samsung didn't get there by outselling processors -- it's been diversifying its chip offerings for years. While Intel has focused on CPUs for computers and servers after burying its wearables division last November, Samsung has broadened into making chips for mobile devices, as well as connected chips for IoT and smart vehicles. But the company also got ahead of Intel on the strength of its flash memory with more popular SSD products. 

Intel is not throwing the towel in just yet! 

They have claimed its next generation of long-delayed Cannon Lake 10nm chips will feature twice as many transistors as Samsung's or TMSC's, putting them "light years" ahead.

So this race is not over just yet!