AMD Expected to See 65 Percent Growth Rate in Sales for 2021, Intel Down One Percent

According to an industry report by IC Insights, AMD will see a yearly growth rate of no less than 65 percent this year, compared to 2020, whereas Intel is expected to have a slightly negative growth rate of one percent. The report includes the top 25 semiconductor sales leaders, ranked by growth rate, although it should be pointed out that some of them are foundries and not just semiconductor companies.

AMD is closely followed by MediaTek, which is expected to reach a 60 percent growth rate this year, followed by Nvidia at 54 percent and Qualcomm and 51 percent growth. The only surprise in the top five is PRC based SMIC, which saw a 39 percent growth this year, despite, or maybe because of the US sanctions against various Chinese IC makers.

Somewhat surprisingly, all things considered, TSMC is only number 15 on the list, with an expected growth rate of 24 percent. This puts all of its major competitors ahead of it, with Samsung at 7th place, GlobalFoundries at 8th place and UMC at 13th place. Out of the 25 companies listed, only Intel and Sony are expected to have a negative growth rate this year, at one and three percent respectively. Both companies have suffered from supply problems, with Sony having been unable to deliver enough PlayStation 5’s to meet demand.

Apple’s supply problems seems to have affected them somewhat negatively too, as they only end up at 20th place, with an expected growth rate of 17 percent. The top European company is NXP at 11th place, with the top Japanese entry being Kioxia at 21st place. Although these are estimates, it’s unlikely that much will change with less than a month and a half left of the year.