MediaTek Was The Biggest Smartphone Chipset Vendor In 2022: OMDIA

MediaTek had surpassed Qualcomm to become the biggest smartphone chipset vendor in the earth for the first fourth dimension in the third quarter of 2020. At present a recent by Omdia, A London-based analyst and consultancy firm, suggests that the Taiwanese chipmaker led its American rival for the whole year.

Co-ordinate to the report, MediaTek's chip shipments grew a whopping 48 percent Year-on-Year (YoY) in 2020 to reach 352 million units. The company captured 27 percent of the global market place. Past contrast, Qualcomm saw an xviii per centum YoY drop in shipments final twelvemonth. It only managed to transport 319 million units of its Snapdragon-branded processors in 2020, coming second backside MediaTek with a marketplace share of 25 percent.

MediaTek surpassed Qualcomm to go the biggest smartphone chip vendor in 2020

MediaTek's rise has been forthcoming e'er since the Trump administration tightened its grip on Huawei with newer sanctions final year. The Chinese giant was forced to stop using Qualcomm processors in its devices, thus paving way for MediaTek to chip in (no pun intended). Information technology closed the gap on Qualcomm to but four percentage points in the 2nd quarter of 2020, before somewhen leapfrogging the company in the third quarter.

MediaTek has also been doing a smart job by winning the battle in the budget and mid-range tier. Information technology has also significantly improved the quality of its higher-tier offerings, including the 5G portfolio, giving itself a competitive edge.

As much equally Huawei's unfortunate situation played in favor of MediaTek, it'due south Xiaomi who used the most MediaTek chipsets final year. Well, that's understandable considering Huawei is no longer the big smartphone manufacturer it was a year ago. Its compatriot Xiaomi has benefitted from Huawei'due south demise.

The Chinese phone maker reportedly shipped 63.seven million smartphones powered by MediaTek chips in 2020. It had used the Taiwanese company'south mobile platforms in merely 19.seven 1000000 smartphones in 2019. That marks a staggering 223.3 percent YoY growth.

OPPO, which was MediaTek'south biggest client in 2019, shipped 55.3 one thousand thousand MediaTek-powered smartphones last twelvemonth. The numbers are slightly bigger than 46.3 million units the previous year. Withal, if we consider OPPO sub-brand Realme's numbers equally well, then the figure reaches 83.nineteen million units. Realme effectively used 27.89 meg MediaTek chipsets in 2020.

Samsung was one of the biggest MediaTek clients last year

Samsung, which makes its own Exynos-branded SoCs for smartphones, reportedly significantly increased MediaTek chipset purchasing in 2020. The Korean behemoth shipped 43.3 million smartphones with MediaTek chips last twelvemonth, up a staggering 254.five percentage YoY.

That possibly kind of explains why the global shipment of Exynos chipsets declined 35 per centum YoY final year. The company came fifth with a market share of nine percent, backside Apple (sixteen percent) and Huawei's HiSilicon (eleven pct), and MediaTek and Qualcomm, of grade.

As you might look, the shipments of Huawei'south Kirin chipsets also declined last year. All the same, its 17 percent YoY drop is still tinier as compared to that of Samsung (35 per centum). Apple, meanwhile, managed to marginally increase its scrap shipments by v percent final twelvemonth.

UNISOC, a Chinese fabless semiconductor company headquartered in Shanghai, was the biggest gainer though. The visitor shipped 23 million chipsets terminal twelvemonth, up 89 percent YoY from 120 million units in 2019. With Kirin chipsets disappearing from the market place this year, both UNISOC and MediaTek are probable to extend this positive trend in 2021.

Overall, co-ordinate to Omdia, 1.thirty billion smartphone chipsets were shipped globally in 2020. The effigy marks a seven percentage YoY decline from 1.39 billion units in the previous year. The enquiry firm expects the market to rebound in 2021.