
Memory Market Was Worst-Performing Segment, Declining 10% With Continued Challenges in 2023
Worldwide semiconductor revenue increased 1.1% in 2022 to total $601.7 billion, up from $595 billion in 2021, according to preliminary results by Gartner, Inc. The combined revenue of the top 25 semiconductor vendors increased 2.8% in 2022 and accounted for 77.5% of the market.
“2022 began with many semiconductor devices in shortage resulting in extended lead times and increasing pricing which led to reduced electronic equipment production for many end markets. As a result, OEMs started hedging themselves from shortages by stockpiling chip inventory,” said Andrew Norwood, VP Analyst at Gartner.
“However, by the second half of 2022, the global economy began to slow under the strain of high inflation, rising interest rates, higher energy costs and continued COVID-19 lockdowns in China, which impacted many global supply chains. Consumers also began to reduce spending, with PC and smartphone demand suffering, and then businesses started to reduce spending in anticipation of a global recession, all of which impacted overall semiconductor growth.”
Samsung Electronics maintained the top spot although revenue declined 10.4% in 2022, primarily due to declines in memory and NAND flash sales (see Table 1). Intel held on to the No. 2 position with 9.7% market share. The company was impacted by the significant decline of the consumer PC market and strong competition in its core x86 processor businesses and revenue growth declined 19.5%.
Table 1. Top 10 Semiconductor Vendors by Revenue, Worldwide, 2022 (Millions of US Dollars)
2022 Rank | 2021 Rank | Vendor | 2022 Revenue | 2022 Market Share (%) | 2021 Revenue | 2021-2022 Growth (%) |
1 | 1 | Samsung Electronics | 65,585 | 10.9 | 73,197 | -10.4 |
2 | 2 | Intel | 58,373 | 9.7 | 72,536 | -19.5 |
3 | 3 | SK Hynix | 36,229 | 6.0 | 37,192 | -2.6 |
4 | 5 | Qualcomm | 34,748 | 5.8 | 27,093 | 28.3 |
5 | 4 | Micron Technologies | 27,566 | 4.6 | 28,624 | -3.7 |
6 | 6 | Broadcom | 23,811 | 4.0 | 18,793 | 26.7 |
7 | 10 | AMD | 23,285 | 3.9 | 16,299 | 42.9 |
8 | 8 | Texas Instruments | 18,812 | 3.1 | 17,272 | 8.9 |
9 | 7 | MediaTek | 18,233 | 3.0 | 17,617 | 3.5 |
10 | 11 | Apple | 17,551 | 2.9 | 14,580 | 20.4 |
Others (outside top 10) | 277,501 | 46.1 | 271,749 | 2.1 | ||
Total Market | 601,694 | 100.0 | 594,952 | 1.1 |
Source: Gartner (January 2023)
Memory Revenue Declined 10% in 2022
Memory, which accounted for around 25% of semiconductor sales in 2022, was the worst-performing device category, experiencing a 10% revenue decrease. By the middle of 2022, the memory market was already showing signs of a significant collapse in demand as electronic equipment OEMs started to deplete memory inventory they had been holding in anticipation of stronger demand. Conditions have now worsened to the point where most memory companies have announced capital expenditure (capex) reductions for 2023, and some have cut wafer production to reduce inventory levels and try to bring the markets back into balance.
Nonmemory Revenue Up 5% in 2022
Overall nonmemory revenue grew 5.3% in 2022, but the performance varied wildly across the different device categories. The strongest growth came from analogue with a 19% increase, closely followed by discretes, up 15% from 2021. The growth for both analogue and discretes was driven by strong demand from the automotive and industrial end markets underpinned by secular growth trends in vehicle electrification, industrial automation, and energy transition.
Gartner clients can read more in “Market Share Analysis: Semiconductors, Worldwide, Preliminary 2022.”
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