The rankings are as follows:
1. Intel (Intel)
The world's largest semiconductor company, founded in 1968, headquartered in Santa Clara, California, USA, is now a NasdaQ-listed company. Intel makes many types of microprocessors, motherboard chipsets, solid-state drives, and more. On June 2, 2015, Intel announced the acquisition of FPGA manufacturer Altera for $16.7 billion.
2. Broadcom
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3. Qualcomm (Qualcomm)
A wireless communication research and development company in the United States, founded in 1985, headquartered in San Diego, California, NASDAQ listed companies. Qualcomm's main businesses include CDMA technology, MediaFLO, Qualcomm Snapdragon processor (Snapdragon) and so on. On October 27, 2016, Qualcomm acquired NXP, a supplier of high-performance, mixed-signal semiconductors, for approximately $47 billion.
4. TI (Texas Instruments)
A public company in the United States, founded in 1951, headquartered in Dallas, Texas, mainly R & D, production, sales of semiconductors, in the digital signal processing and analog circuits in the world's leading level.
5. Micron
One of the world's largest semiconductor manufacturers, a NYSE listed company, a constituent of the S&P 500 index, was founded in 1978, headquartered in Bossier, Idaho. Micron products include memory, solid state drives, image sensors and so on.
6. NXP (NXP)
The world's top ten semiconductor companies, founded on September 1, 2006, its predecessor as one of the divisions of Royal Philips, headquartered in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. NXP provides semiconductors, system solutions and software for market segments such as automotive electronics, intelligent identification, home entertainment, mobile and personal mobile communications, and multi-market semiconductors. On December 8, 2015, NXP acquired Freescale(Freescale Semiconductor) for $11.8 billion. On October 27, 2016, NXP was acquired by Qualcomm for approximately $47 billion.
7. Mediatek
Introduction: Mediatek is a world-renowned IC designer specializing in wireless communication and digital multimedia technology. It provides chip integrated system solutions, including wireless communication, high-definition digital TV, optical storage, DVD and Blu-ray related products.
The world's semiconductor companies pay very well. First of all, China's Huawei companies. Because of the importance of talent. Especially for the design of integrated circuits. Engineer with chip design. The pay is very good. The annual salary is around 300,000 yuan. There's also a very nice year-end bonus. About 40,000 to 50,000.