Ngokuya ngemininingwane eqoqwe ngu UGartner, I-Apple Inc ibe yinkampani ethenge amadivayisi we-chip amaningi ngemuva kwalokho Samsung, egcinwa kuqala. Phakathi kwazo zombili izinkampani zobuchwepheshe, azilawuli lutho olunye futhi akukho lutho olungaphansi kwama-20% ebhizinisi, ubukhulu uma sibheka inani lomncintiswano emakethe yamanje nokuthi ziguquguquka kanjani lezi zingxenye ezimakethe eziningi (ezezimoto, ezokuzenzakalela ekhaya, indlu izinto ezisebenza ngogesi, i-electronics yabathengi, imidlalo yevidiyo, ...).
Ngokuphelele, isibalo esifinyelela ku- $ 82 billion sokusetshenziswa onyakeni owedlule ka-2017, ngaphezulu kakhulu kwezigidigidi ezingama-20 zamaRandi ezichithwe onyakeni owedlule, ngo-2016.
Lokhu kwanda okukhulu kungenxa yenani lamadivayisi ahlinzekwa emakethe, okwanda kuphela, kanye nokwenza ngcono ukusebenza kwabo, nakho okudinga inani elikhulu lama-chips ukwenza izixazululo ezahlukahlukene ezinikezwayo. Ngokwamazwi ka Masatsune yamaji, umcwaningi omkhulu wezocwaningo we I-Gartner:
“AbakwaSamsung nabakwaApple abagcinanga ngokugcina izikhundla zabo njengezinkampani zokuqala nezesibili ezisebenzisa kakhulu i-chip, kodwa futhi bakhuphule kakhulu izabelomali zabo ze-semiconductor ngonyaka ka-2017. Lezi zinkampani ezimbili bahlala ezikhundleni eziphezulu kusukela ngo-2011 futhi bayaqhubeka nokuba nomthelela omkhulu kubuchwepheshe namathrendi entengo kuyo yonke imboni yama-semiconductor. '
Ngaphakathi kwe-Top 10, ezinye izinkampani zihlala endaweni yazo ejwayelekilengokuba LG Electronics okuwukuphela kwento entsha kulolu hlu, kusukela ngonyaka odlule, ngenxa yokutshalwa kwemali kwayo okwandisiwe kuma-semiconductors kulo nyaka.
Ngokuphelele, Le Top 10 ihlanganisa ama-40% emakethe ngonyaka we-2017, uma kuqhathaniswa nama-31% ngo-2016. Lo mkhuba kulindeleke ukuthi uqhubeke, njengoba kulinganiselwa ukuthi lezi zinkampani ezinkulu ezisetshenziswayo ze-elekthronikhi zizobala cishe ama-50% emakethe ngo-2021.