Chips & Semiconductors: origins & owners

19 chipmakers from 9 countries in this dataset. 1 is owned from a country other than where it began.

United States

Taiwan

China

Netherlands

Germany

United Kingdom

Israel

Japan

South Korea

→ flag owned from another countryBigger tiles: editor’s highlights, not sales.

All chipmakers

Brand	Origin	Owner today	Founded
AMDProcessors and graphics chips	United States	Advanced Micro Devices	1969
ArmChip designs licensed to other chipmakers	United Kingdom	SoftBank Group Corp.Foreign-owned	1990
ASMLLithography machines for making chips	Netherlands	ASML Holding N.V.	1984
CXMTMemory chips (DRAM)	China	ChangXin Memory Technologies	2016
HiSiliconChip designs for Huawei devices	China	Huawei	2004
InfineonPower, automotive and security chips	Germany	Infineon Technologies AG	1999
IntelProcessors and chip manufacturing	United States	Intel Corporation	1968
MediaTekSmartphone and smart-device chips	Taiwan	MediaTek Inc.	1997
MicronMemory chips (DRAM and flash)	United States	Micron Technology	1978
NvidiaGraphics and AI chips	United States	Nvidia Corporation	1993
NXPAutomotive, payment and connectivity chips	Netherlands	NXP Semiconductors N.V.	2006
QualcommMobile processors and modems	United States	Qualcomm Incorporated	1985
RenesasMicrocontrollers and automotive chips	Japan	Renesas Electronics Corporation	2003
SK hynixMemory chips (DRAM and flash)	South Korea	SK Inc.	1983
SMICContract chip manufacturing	China	Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation	2000
Tower SemiconductorContract chip manufacturing	Israel	Tower Semiconductor Ltd.	1993
TSMCContract chip manufacturing	Taiwan	Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company	1987
UMCContract chip manufacturing	Taiwan	United Microelectronics Corporation	1980
YMTCMemory chips (3D NAND flash)	China	Changjiang Memory Holdings	2016