Apple Inc. is a multinational American technology business with its main office in Cupertino, California. According to revenue, Apple is the biggest IT business (it will generate US$365.8 billion in 2021). Apple is currently the largest firm in the world by market capitalization, the fourth-largest provider of personal computers by unit sales, and the second-largest producer of mobile phones. Together with Alphabet (known for Google), Amazon, Meta (known for Facebook), and Microsoft, it is one of the Big Five US IT corporations.

Steve Wozniak, Steve Jobs, and Ronald Wayne established Apple Computer Corporation on April 1, 1976, to create and market Wozniak's Apple I personal computer. In 1977, Jobs and Wozniak incorporated it as Apple Computer, Inc. The Apple II, the company's second computer, was one of the first microcomputers to be mass-produced and a popular seller. In 1980, Apple went public, achieving immediate financial success.

The company created computers with cutting-edge graphical user interfaces, such as the first Macintosh, which was introduced in a well-received commercial in 1984. By 1985, the company was experiencing issues due to the high cost of its products and power disputes among executives. Wozniak left Apple amicably and moved on to other endeavors, whereas Jobs bitterly left Apple and started NeXT, taking some Apple colleagues with him.

Apple's market capitalization was $2.520 trillion as of March 2023. Apple is now the most valuable corporation in the world, according to market cap. The most recent financial reports from Apple show that the company's current revenue (TTM) is $387.53 billion. The corporation generated $378.32 billion in revenue in 2021, an increase from $294.13 billion in 2020.

Founded: April 1, 1976
Headquarters: 1 Apple Park Way, Cupertino, California, U.S.
Website: www.apple.com

Nvidia Corporation, a worldwide American technology firm with headquarters in Santa Clara, California, was founded in Delaware. It is a software and fabless firm that creates system on a chip (SoC) units for the mobile computing and automotive markets, graphics processing units (GPUs), application programming interfaces (APIs) for data science and high-performance computing, and more.

Hardware and software for artificial intelligence are mostly provided by Nvidia. In workstations for applications in industries like architecture, engineering, and construction, media and entertainment, automotive, scientific research, and manufacturing design, it uses GPUs from its professional range.

NVIDIA's market valuation as of March 2023 is $652.87 billion. NVIDIA is now the seventh-most valuable corporation in the world, according to market cap. The most recent financial reports from NVIDIA show that the company's current revenue (TTM) is $26.97 billion. The corporation generated $28.56 billion in revenue in 2022, an increase from $24.27 billion in revenue in 2021.

Founded: April 5, 1993
Headquarters: Santa Clara, California, U.S.
Website: www.nvidia.com

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. is a global Taiwanese semiconductor contract manufacturing and design business. The largest dedicated independent (pure-play) semiconductor foundry in the world, the most valuable semiconductor business in the world, and one of Taiwan's biggest corporations all have their primary offices and operations in Hsinchu Science Park. Foreign investors own the majority of the company.

Morris Chang established TSMC, the first specialized semiconductor foundry in the world, in Taiwan in 1987. TSMC has long held the top position in its industry. After 31 years at the helm of TSMC, Chang departed in 2018, and Mark Liu took over as chairman and C. C. Wei as CEO. It was the first Taiwanese firm to debut on the New York Stock Exchange in 1997, having been listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange since 1993 (TWSE: 2330). (NYSE: TSM). Since 1994, TSMC's revenue has grown at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 17.4%, and earnings have grown at a CAGR of 16.1%.

TSMC's market cap was $479.71 billion as of March 2023. TSMC is now the 11th most valuable corporation in the world, according to market cap. The most recent financial reports from TSMC show that the company's current revenue (TTM) is $75.01 billion. The corporation generated $56.84 billion in revenue in 2021, an increase from $46.12 billion in revenue in 2020.

Founded: 1987
Headquarters: Hsinchu Science Park, Taiwan
Website: tsmc.com

A South Korean multinational manufacturing corporation with its headquarters in Samsung Town, Seoul, South Korea, is known as Samsung Group, or just Samsung. It is the largest South Korean chaebol and consists of multiple connected enterprises, the majority of which are unified under the Samsung brand (business conglomerate). Samsung will have the eighth-highest worldwide brand value in 2020.

In 1938, Lee Byung-chul established Samsung as a commercial business. The group expanded into industries like food processing, textiles, insurance, securities, and retail over the course of the following three decades. Samsung entered the shipbuilding and construction industries in the middle of the 1970s after first entering the electronics sector in the late 1960s. Samsung was divided into five business groups after Lee's passing in 1987: Samsung Group, Shinsegae Group, CJ Group, Hansol Group, and JoongAng Group.

Samsung's market cap as of March 2023 is $313.76 billion. By market capitalization, Samsung is now the 24th most valuable corporation in the world. The most recent financial reports from Samsung show that the company's current revenue (TTM) is $233.13 billion. The corporation generated $240.71 billion in revenue in 2021, a rise from $203.43 billion in revenue in 2020.

Founded: 1 March 1938
Headquarters: 40th floor Samsung Electronics Building, 11, Seocho-daero 74-gil, Seocho District, Seoul, South Korea
Website: www.samsung.com

The Dutch multinational company ASML Holding N.V. was established in 1984. The invention and production of photolithography equipment, which is used to create computer chips, is a specialty of ASML. By 2022, it will have surpassed all other suppliers in the world of extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUV) photolithography machines, which are used to create the most cutting-edge semiconductors. As of 2023, ASML has a market valuation of roughly US$270 billion, making it the most valuable European technology business.

ASML's market cap was $253.37 billion as of March 2023. By market cap, this places ASML as the 32nd most valuable firm in the world. The most recent financial reports for ASML show that the company's current revenue (TTM) is $22.18 billion. The corporation generated $21.62 billion in revenue in 2021, a rise from $16.31 billion in revenue in 2020.

Founded: 1984
Headquarters: Veldhoven, Netherlands
Website: www.asml.com

The American global digital communications technology conglomerate firm Cisco Systems, Inc., also known as Cisco, has its corporate headquarters in San Jose, California. Cisco creates, produces, and markets networking tools, computer software, telecommunications gear, and other high-tech services and goods. Cisco is a leading provider of cutting-edge technologies such as Webex, OpenDNS, Jabber, Duo Security, and Jasper.

It specializes in niche technological areas like the Internet of Things (IoT), domain security, videoconferencing, and energy management. With over $51 billion in annual revenue and close to 80,000 employees, Cisco is one of the biggest technological businesses in the world, coming in at number 74 on the Fortune 100.

Leonard Bosack and Sandy Lerner, two computer scientists from Stanford University who had played a key role in connecting computers at Stanford, created Cisco Systems in December 1984. They invented the idea of connecting remote computers via a multiprotocol router system using a local area network (LAN). Cisco had a market valuation of $224 million when it first went public in 1990; by the end of the dot-com boom in 2000, it had climbed to $500 billion, overtaking Microsoft as the most valuable corporation in the world. Cisco's market value was over $267 billion as of December 2021.

Cisco's market valuation as of March 2023 is $207.53 billion. By market cap, this places Cisco as the 45th most valuable corporation in the world. The most recent financial reports from Cisco show that the company's current revenue (TTM) is $53.16 billion. The corporation generated $52.28 billion in revenue in 2022, an increase from $50.78 billion in revenue in 2021.

Founded: December 10, 1984
Headquarters: San Jose, California, U.S.
Website: cisco.com

Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) is an American technological business with its main office in Dallas, Texas. It creates and produces integrated circuits and semiconductors, which it then sells to producers and designers of electronics around the world. According to sales volume, it ranks among the top 10 semiconductor businesses globally.

The company concentrates on creating embedded CPUs and analog circuits, which provide more than 80% of its sales. Calculators, microcontrollers, and multi-core processors are among the items that TI also makes using its TI digital light processing technology and education technologies. As of 2016, the business had 45,000 patents worldwide.

Texas Instruments' market value was $161.87 billion as of March 2023. Texas Instruments is now the 62nd most valuable corporation in the world, according to market cap. The most recent financial reports for Texas Instruments show that the company's current revenue (TTM) is $20.02 billion. The company generated $18.34 billion in revenue in 2021, a rise from $14.46 billion in revenue in 2020.

Founded: 1930
Headquarters: Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Website: ti.com

The American multinational semiconductor company Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., also known as AMD, is based in Santa Clara, California, and produces computer processors and related technologies for both the commercial and consumer markets.

Jerry Sanders and a group of other technological experts launched the business in 1969. Early AMD products were mostly computer memory chips and other parts. Later, the business expanded into the microprocessor sector, where it competed with Intel, its main industry opponent. Because of its dominant position in the PC market and the popularity of its Athlon and Opteron CPUs in the early 2000s, AMD saw enormous growth and success.

AMD's market cap as of March 2023 was $154.58 billion. By market cap, AMD is now the 67th most valuable corporation in the world. The most recent financial reports from AMD show that the company's current revenue (TTM) is $23.60 billion. The corporation generated $16.43 billion in revenue in 2021, a rise from $9.76 billion in revenue in 2020.

Founded: 1 May 1969
Headquarters: Santa Clara, California, United States
Website: www.amd.com

Qualcomm is a Delaware-incorporated American multinational firm with its main office in San Diego, California. It produces software, chips, and services for wireless technology. It is the owner of patents that are essential to the mobile communications protocols for 5G, 4G, CDMA2000, TD-SCDMA, and WCDMA.

Irwin M. Jacobs founded Qualcomm along with six other co-founders in 1985. It raised money for its early CDMA wireless cell phone development by selling the Omnitracs two-way mobile digital satellite communications system. The 2G standard, which integrated Qualcomm's CDMA patents, was accepted following a contentious discussion in the wireless industry. Following that, there were several court battles over the cost of licensing patents called for by the standard.

The market capitalization of QUALCOMM was $138.03 billion as of March 2023. By market capitalization, QUALCOMM is now the 83rd most valuable corporation in the world. The most recent financial reports from QUALCOMM show that the company's current revenue (TTM) is $42.95 Billion. The corporation generated $36.03 billion in revenue in 2021, an increase from $26.69 billion in revenue in 2020.

Founded: July 1985
Headquarters: San Diego, California, U.S.
Website: qualcomm.com

The direct sales company Keyence Corporation designs and produces automation sensors, vision systems, barcode readers, laser markers, measuring tools, and digital microscopes. Keyence is fabless; while it is a manufacturer, it only focuses on product planning and development and doesn't produce the finished goods. Keyence goods are produced by accredited contract manufacturers.

Keyence's market cap was $117.74 billion as of March 2023. By market capitalization, Keyence is now the 107th most valuable company in the world. The most recent financial reports from Keyence show that the company's current revenue (TTM) is $6.67 billion. The company generated $6.30 billion in revenue in 2021, an increase from $4.87 billion in 2020.

Founded: 27 May 1974
Headquarters: Osaka, Japan
Website: https://www.keyence.com/