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Samsung Elec market predominance in flash market widens in 4Q
- Collected
- 2017.03.08
- Distributed
- 2017.03.09
- Source
- Go Direct
According to market research firm DRAMeXchange, the world’s largest memory chipmaker’s flash sales rose 19.5 percent on year to $4.47 billion in the final three months of 2016 to account for 37.1 percent of global sales. During the period, Samsung Electronics’ shipment increased 11 percent to 15 percent and its average selling price gained more than 5 percent.
Samsung maintains leadership in the field of high-capacity eMMC (embedded Multimedia Card) and solid-state drive (SSD) by outperforming rivals in cost per bit and maximum chip capacity through cutting-edge 3D V-NAND technology to pose as reliable substitute for hard disc drive and meet needs for high-performance mobile devices.
Toshiba, the second dominant market player, took up 18.3 percent of global market with sales of $2.2 billion. U. S. -based Western Design came third with a 17.7 percent market share ($2.1 billion in sales), followed by Micron Technology with 10.6 percent ($1.27 billion), SK Hynix with 9.6 percent ($1.15 billion) and Intel with 6.8 percent ($816 million).
By Lee Dong-in
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