Analysts note that the shortage of components provoked a significant increase in prices for final products. As a result, the total revenue of the ten largest players in the industry jumped by almost one and a half times - by 48%. If in 2020 their income amounted to about $86.0 billion, then last year it was $127.4 billion.

Qualcomm remains the largest integrated circuit developer with $29.3 billion in revenue and 51% annual growth. The company's chips for smartphones and the Internet of things are in high demand.

NVIDIA jumped from third to second with $24.9 billion in revenue last year. The company's sales soared 61%.

Rounding out the top three is Broadcom, which was in second place in 2020. For the year, the company's revenue rose by 18%, reaching $ 21.0 billion.

In fourth and fifth places are respectively MediaTek and AMD with revenues of $17.6 billion and $16.4 billion. Growth compared to 2020 was 61% and 68%.