The global tablet Applications Processor (AP) market grew 2% year-over-year to reach $1.9 billion, according to a new report from Strategy Analytics. And Apple gained even more ground with its custom-made iPad processors, according to the research group.
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Apple, Qualcomm, Intel, MediaTek, and Samsung held the top five revenue share spots in the tablet AP market in 2019. Apple gained market share and extended its tablet AP market share leadership with 44% revenue share in 2019 followed by Qualcomm and Intel, each with 16%revenue share. By the way, an AP is a special kind of microprocessor. One difference between a microprocessor and an application processor is their physical packaging.
Many microprocessors are standard ICs with a standard part number. An IC is a set of circuits constructed on a single semiconductor wafer or chip, in which the components are interconnected to perform a given function
In contrast, mobile application processors are more typically systems on a chip (SoC) that incorporate functions of one or more processor cores along with other ancillary functions.