Semiconductor chips are an integral part of practically every electronic device. It probably won't surprise you that the biggest technology companies are buying them in huge quantities and paying really high prices for them. However, this trend is growing year by year. Last year was no different for Appyou.
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According to the latest report from the research company Gartner Research last year, the apple company's expenses increased by exactly 2016% compared to 27,5, and in total it paid almost 39 billion dollars for them. With this step you are so Apple consolidated its position as the second largest consumer of semiconductor chips in the world. The first place was again won by the competitor Samsung, which last year bought chips for exactly 43 billion dollars, which is 37,2% more than in 2016. Far behind these two companies we find Dell, Lenovo, Huawei, BBK, HP, LG or Western Digital.
Prices rise, customers pay
A large part of the increase in expenses for semiconductor chips was mainly due to a radical increase in the prices of DRAM and NAND memories, of which there was an unpleasant shortage in the world at one time. However, large technology companies could not afford to risk a shortage of chips for their products, so they continued to accept the rising prices without batting an eye.
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It is rather interesting that the two largest buyers of chips for each other, ie Apple and Samsung, took a combined share of less than 20% of the global market. It is thus quite clear that with such acquisitions, these two giants have a large stake in the development of technology and prices in this industry. After all, this is also confirmed by Gartner's analyst, who adds in the same breath that both companies have not moved from these places since 2011.
Correct the sentence "from these places" in the article. I'm supposed to be z, not s. It's like a punch in the eye.