Qualcomm leads the market of chips for smartphones with the share of 44%

Counterpoint Technology Market Research estimated the balance of power in the global market of chips for smartphones.
The report covers the application processor (SoC) and baseband solutions that support cellular communications in mobile devices.
If we consider the sphere of 5G, the growth was at 36%.The undisputed leader is Qualcomm with a share of 44%.
During the year, revenues of this company from sales of SoC and baseband chips soared by 56%, reaching $ 6.3 billion.Second place is occupied by Apple, which received 26% of the total market revenues.
Smartphones of iPhone 13 family continue to be in high demand.Image source: Counterpoint Technology Market ResearchThe bottom three is MediaTek with a share of approximately 19%.
During the year, the company increased revenue by 29%, which contributed to good demand for solutions that support 5G.In addition, the top players in the industry included Samsung, Unisoc and Huawei HiSilicon: their result was respectively 7%, 3% and 1%.