Apple captured the most revenue from application processors in Q3 2020.
Apple has captured the most revenue in the global smartphone applications processor market in Q3 of 2020.
The global smartphone applications processor (AP) market grew 32 percent in revenue terms to $7.4 billion in Q3 2020, according to Strategy Analytics Handset Component Technologies (HCT) service report.
According to this Strategy Analytics research report Smartphone Apps Processor Market Share Tracker Q3 2020: Revenue Surges 32 Percent from Strategy Analytics, Apple, Qualcomm, MediaTek, HiSilicon, and Samsung LSI captured the top-five revenue share spots in the global smartphone applications processor (AP) market in Q3 2020. Apple led the smartphone AP market with a 31 percent revenue share, followed by Qualcomm with 21 percent and MediaTek with 19 percent.
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tablet AP market is on pace to register its first annual shipment growth in six years, driven by pandemic trends such as remote working and learning.”
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Intel captured the top-five cellular baseband revenue share spots in Q3 2020. Qualcomm maintained its baseband market share lead with 40 percent revenue share in Q3 2020, followed by MediaTek with 22 percent and HiSilicon with 19 percent.
5G baseband shipments showed over ten-fold growth in Q3 2020.
For the first time, 5G baseband processor revenue overtook 4G baseband revenue. 5G basebands accounted for over 50 percent of total baseband revenue in Q3 2020.
Sravan Kundojjala, Associate Director, commented, “After experiencing seven consecutive quarters of shipment decline,
Qualcomm finally returned to growth in Q3 2020, thanks to 5G and iPhone design-wins. Revenue from 5G chips accounted for over 60 percent of Qualcomm’s total baseband revenue in Q3 2020. Despite intense competition in the 5G baseband and radio chipset market, Qualcomm increased its 5G share to 56 percent in Q3 2020. Qualcomm is well-situated to continue its 5G momentum into 2021 with its m