I-Samsung yenza kahle kakhulu emakethe ye-semiconductor. Inkampani yaseNingizimu Korea ithumele inzuzo erekhodiwe ezingxenyeni ezimbalwa ezedlule, sibonga kakhulu ngokusebenza okuhle okuvela esigabeni sayo sokukhiqiza nokuthengisa se-semiconductor. Ngisho nangonyaka odlule, abakwaSamsung bakhipha i-Intel esikhundleni sokuba ngumkhiqizi omkhulu kunabo bonke emhlabeni, okufakazela kuphela iqiniso lokuthi kube nokukhula okusheshayo kulo mkhakha.
Yize kube nemibiko eminingana ebingabaza ukukhula kwe-Samsung emakethe ye-semiconductor. Okwamanje, okungenani, i-Samsung ayibonisi zimpawu zokwehlisa ijubane. Ngenyanga edlule, inkampani iphinde yamemezela imiphumela emihle yezezimali, nesigaba se-semiconductor esinesabelo esikhulu sokuthengiswa okukhulu.
Ngokwezibalo ezishicilelwe, abakwaSamsung badlula i-Intel ngamaphesenti angamashumi ambalwa. Ngokuqondile, umehluko we-Q1 2018 phakathi kwendawo yokuqala neyesibili wawungama-23%. Ukuthengiswa kwengxenye ye-semiconductor yakwaSamsung kuzuze u-$18,6 billion, kanti abakwa-Intel bathole ama- $15,8 billion. Ngasikhathi sinye, abakwaSamsung baphawule ukuthi bathole ukwanda okungama-43% unyaka nonyaka, kuyilapho i-Intel ingu-11% kuphela. I-TSMC, i-SK Hynix neMicron baqede abahlanu abaphambili.
AbakwaSamsung bakhombise ukusebenza okumangalisayo emakethe ye-semiconductor. Ithengisa kakhulu inkumbulo ye-NAND flash kanye ne-DRAM. Kodwa-ke, inkampani ilindele ukuthi isidingo emakethe ye-memory chip sehle kancane ezindaweni ezizayo, ezingaba nomthelela emalini engenayo yenkampani evela esigabeni sayo se-semiconductor.
Kubalulekile ukukhumbula ukuthi i-Samsung ikwazile ukuwina indawo yokuqala ngama-memory chips, hhayi ngama-microprocessors. I-Intel iphethe imakethe ye-semiconductor iminyaka engaphezu kwamashumi amabili. Ukwehla kwemakethe ye-memory chip kungasho ukuthi i-Intel iphinda ifuna indawo ephezulu ngokuzayo.
