South Korea’s chipmakers Samsung Electronics and SK hynix led the global market for mobile DRAM used in mobile devices in the first half (H1) of this year, data showed.
Samsung Electronics shipped 1.1 billion units in the first quarter (Q1) on the basis of 1 Gb mobile DRAMs, according to a market research firm iSuppli Sunday. Samsung owned the highest market share of 49.7 percent in the global DRAM market.
Meanwhile, SK hynic held the second highest of 23 percent with the shipment of 544 million units. The combined market share of Samsung Electronics and SK hynix reached 72.7 percent, meaning seven out of 10 mobile DRMAs are manufactured by Korean chip makers.
Japan’s Elpida ranked third spot with the shipment of 519 million units (22.0 percent), followed by the US’ Micron Technology with 176 million units (4.5 percent). The global mobile DRAM shipment reached 2.3 billion units. Mobile DRAM shipment took up 29 percent out of the total DRAM shipment in Q1.
By company, Samsung Electronics took up the highest 42 percent of the global mobile DRAM shipment, followed by SK hynix with 24 percent and Elpida with 35 percent. iSuppli forecast the mobile DRAM share should grow from 34 percent this year, 41 percent in 2014 and 43 percent in 2015, surpassing that of DDR3 DRAM for PC use by 2015.
The globla mobile DRAM market is estimated at $8.1 billion this year, up 10.5 percent from a year ago ($7.4 billion).
By Kim Min-su : Here
Korean-Electronics.com 
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