It is observed that the Samsung Electronics gap with TSMC in the global foundry market become more widened in the third quarter of 2022.
As per Taiwanese market research firm TrendForce, Samsung posted a 15.5 percent share in the Foundry market in the third quarter. Notably, the company’s market share rose to 18.3 percent in the fourth quarter of 2021. While the same has declined to 16.3 percent in the first quarter of this year and 16.5 percent in the second quarter. Further, below 16 percent in the third quarter. Its scales came in at US$5.584 billion, which is down 0.1 percent from the previous quarter.
On the other hand, TSMC’s share rose from 52.1 percent in the fourth quarter of last year to 56.1 percent in the third quarter of 2022 respectively. It grew by 2.7 percentage points from the previous quarter. While its sales raised 11.1 percent from US$18.145 billion in the second quarter to US$20.163 billion in the third quarter.
While the market share gap between Samsung Electronics and TSMC continuously narrowed to 33.8 percentage points in the fourth quarter of 2021. The reason is Samsung’s expansion of advanced processes. The same widened to 40.6 percentage points in the third quarter of 2022.
“Most of the foundry companies were affected by a decrease in customer orders, but TSMC enjoyed a big increase in order inflow due to strong demand for new iPhones,” TrendForce said.
Additionally, TSMC is building a new production plant in Arizona of the United States. While recently, it announced that it would ramp up its investment in the US from US$12 billion to US$40 billion.
