Gartner published a report in which it spoke about the state of the semiconductor market in 2014. The fourth consecutive year the list of leaders of the largest buyers of semiconductors are Samsung and Apple. Together they purchased in 2014 17% of all issued in the world chips, spending $ 57.9 billion. And the amount of purchases is growing.
The largest buyer of chips and discrete solutions is Samsung. However, in 2014 the increase in costs for the purchase of the South Korean manufacturer of these components was less than the industry average. Precisely, a significant portion of the world's semiconductor purchases accounted for Intel processors, so the PC market plays a major role in the formation of revenues in this area.
Together, the ten largest buyers of chips in 2014 spent $ 125.6 billion. This is 37% of all sold for the year semiconductors. In 2013, the amount of purchases was $ 114.8 billion. Or 36.4% of the total market.
If we look at the table above, we see that over the past year well ahead escaped Chinese companies. In particular, its position clearly improved the company Huawei, and Lenovo has ever remained in fourth place.
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