Wednesday, August 14th, 2013
On August 13, Taiwanese market research firm DRAMeXchange said that SK Hynix took a No. 3 spot in the second quarter in the NAND flash market with a 14.6-percent share, after Samsung Electronics (37.8%) and Toshiba (28.7%). Micron Technology, the erstwhile No. 3 player, was ranked No. 4 with a share of 11.7 percent. SK Hynix could increase its share by 3.7 percentage points within only six months from an 11.9-percent share last year.
The global NAND flash sales for the second quarter came to US$5.78 billion, up 11.2 percent from the previous quarter and more than 30 percent from the same period last year, according to DRAMeXchange.