Global Fabless Q3 Revenue $33.7 Billion... 45% Increase YoY

[Asia Economy Reporter Jeong Hyunjin] The top 10 global fabless companies recorded sales of $33.7 billion (approximately 40 trillion KRW) in the third quarter of this year amid the semiconductor boom.

According to market research firm TrendForce on the 18th, the third-quarter sales of the top 10 fabless companies, including Qualcomm, reached $33.729 billion, a 45% increase compared to the same period last year. The top 10 companies include U.S. firms Qualcomm, Nvidia, Broadcom, AMD, Marvell, Xilinx, and Taiwanese firms MediaTek, Novatek, Realtek, and Himax. Korean fabless companies did not make the ranking.

The industry leader is Qualcomm, which recorded third-quarter sales of $7.7 billion, a 56% increase compared to the same period last year. Qualcomm accounts for 23% of the sales share among the top 10 companies. Qualcomm showed strong growth in mobile application processors, radio frequency front-end (RFFE), and Internet of Things (IoT) sectors. In particular, the IoT sector's third-quarter sales growth rate reached 66%.

Following closely, Nvidia ranked second in the fabless industry with $6.6 billion in sales during the third quarter. It continued growth due to demand for cryptocurrency mining and the launch of the high-performance graphics card ‘RTX’ series. Broadcom ranked third with sales of $5.4 billion during the same period, a 17% increase compared to the previous year. MediaTek (a mobile processor specialist) ranked fourth, and AMD took fifth place.

TrendForce stated, "Fabless companies' sales have reached historic levels," and forecasted, "In the fourth quarter, continuous growth will be difficult due to reduced demand for finished products and a global electronic component supply shortage."

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