The top 10 semiconductor companies in the world
1. Intel Corporation of the United States is famous for its production of CPU chips.
2. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. of South Korea was established in 1969. At the beginning, they mainly produced home electronic products, such as TV sets and VCRs.
3. Texas Instruments (TI) in the United States is a global semiconductor company, a world-leading designer and supplier of digital signal processing and analog technologies, and an engine that promotes the digitalization of electronics.
4. Toshiba of Japan is well-known in the international market.
5. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) was established in 1987 and it is the world's largest professional integrated circuit manufacturing service company. As the founder and leader of professional integrated circuit manufacturing services, TSMC has established a reputation for providing advanced wafer process technology and optimal manufacturing efficiency.
6. STMicroelectronics (ST) in Italy and France is a global independent semiconductor manufacturer. The company designs, manufactures, and sells a range of semiconductor ICs and discrete devices for use in telecommunications systems, computer systems, consumer electronics, automotive and industrial automation control systems.
7. Japan's Renesas Technology (Renesas) was formally established on April 1, 2003.
8. Hynix in South Korea was founded in 1983 and became into a global electronics company with about 22,000 employees and total assets of 20 trillion in 1999.
9. The Sony semiconductor division in Japan was established by Sony Electronics in San Jose, California, USA in March 1995. This division enables Sony to respond quickly to the unpredictable and highly competitive U.S. semiconductor market. And provide backup support for Sony Electronics to develop high value-added communications, audio/video, and computer applications.
10. Qualcomm in the United States develops and sells a series of high-performance FPGA semiconductor products and software development tools.
