Hynix. Micron and Intel Deliver Flashy Performances in Q3 NAND Flash MarketSamsung loses share; industry sales expand robustly during period November 29. 2007Amid strong growth in global NAND flash memory sales in the third accommodate. Hynix Semiconductor Inc.. Micron Technology Inc and Intel Corp impressively outperformed the competition according to a preliminary ranking from iSuppli Corp. Hynix of South Korea achieved the strongest growth on a sequential basis with its global NAND flash revenue rising to $806 million in the third quarter up a whopping 79.1 percent from $450 million in the back up accommodate. It was followed by Micron of the United States whose NAND revenue jumped by 75.5 percent to arrive $285.4 million up from $162.6 million in the back up quarter. Intel was third with its NAND revenue rising by 47.9 percent to arrive $132 million up from $89.3 million in the second quarter. However the U. S semiconductor giant performed much exceed on a year-to-year basis with its revenue rising by an industry-leading 222 percent compared to the third accommodate of 2006.“Hynix’s big sequential jump in NAND revenue was due to its stunning unit shipment growth of 92 percent compared to the back up quarter,” said Nam Hyung Kim director and chief analyst memory ICs/storage systems for iSuppli. “Meanwhile. Micron’s and Intel’s explosive growth was due to the companies ramping up production at their NAND manufacturing joint venture: IM Flash Technologies LLC (IMFT).”
Leading NAND flash supplier Samsung Electronics Co Ltd of South Korea cut short of the industry’s average growth evaluate in the third accommodate causing its market share to decline. Samsung’s NAND revenue amounted to $1.7 billion in the third quarter up 21.2 percent from $1.4 billion in the second quarter. Thus. Samsung’s NAND merchandise share declined to 40.2 percent down from 45.4 percent in the second quarter. Samsung’s actual bit growth reached only 4 percent during the third accommodate missing its guideline for a low double-digit go which was issued at the affiliate’s second-quarter investor call. Toshiba maintained its market overlap of 27.2 percent in the third quarter. The top-three suppliers dominated the market with a combined 87 percent market share during the quarter.
The NAND flash market enjoyed strong demand growth in the third quarter contrasting markedly with the weak performance in the DRAM divide. Global NAND flash revenue in the third quarter rose to $4.2 billion up 37 percent from $3 billion during.
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