A press release from research company Gartner has stated that Samsung has overtaken Intel as the world's largest semiconductor vendor. The figures for 2017 show the South Korean company gaining 14.2% of the global market share whilst their rivals in California managed 14.0%. Samsung's top place has been partly attributed to revenue growth in the memory market.
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