South Korea now home to world’s biggest chip maker

Will U.S. supremacy in computer chips soon be a memory? Samsung Electronics Co. has deposed stateside rival Intel Corp. as the No. 1 chip maker by revenue. Intel had a record 2017, but its US$63 billion in sales left it a distant second to Samsung's US$69 billion, Bloomberg reports.

Will U.S. supremacy in computer chips soon be a memory? Samsung Electronics Co. has deposed stateside rival Intel Corp. as the No. 1 chip maker by revenue. Intel had a record 2017, but its US$63 billion in sales left it a distant second to Samsung’s US$69 billion, Bloomberg reports.