Last year, the global semiconductor output value fell to 419.1 billion U.S. dollars, a year-on-year decrease of 12%. Intel's market share reached 16.2%, surpassing Samsung's 12.5%, and regained its position as the world's semiconductor leader.

　　Research institute Gartner pointed out that the US-China trade war was the headwind of the global semiconductor industry last year, and the trade war posed a threat to the world economy.

　　The oversupply of dynamic random access memory (DRAM) affected the memory market last year, which dropped by 32.7%. It was the worst-performing semiconductor component field last year. Gartner estimates that memory accounted for approximately 26.1% of the overall semiconductor market.

　　Affected by the sharp decline in the memory market, Samsung’s semiconductor revenue fell to US$52.191 billion last year, a year-on-year decrease of 29.2%, and its market share fell to 12.5%. In contrast, Intel's revenue last year was 67.754 billion US dollars, an annual increase of 2.2%, and its performance was relatively stable.

　　Intel had a market share of 16.2% last year, surpassing Samsung and regaining the world's leading semiconductor industry, while Samsung ranked second. Gartner pointed out that Apple had a market share of about 2% last year, making it the 10th largest semiconductor factory in the world.

　　It is expected that this year, Gartner expects that the new crown pneumonia (coronavirus disease 2019, COVID-19) epidemic will spread all over the world, and strong anti-epidemic measures by governments will have a serious impact on demand. Smartphones, automobiles and consumer electronics may be significantly reduced this year. Semiconductor production value may continue to decline by 0.9%.