eva2000
07-14-2003, 11:26 PM
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/memory/display/mem-july2003.html
Hynix used to be one of the memory market leaders, but now they are even not among the top three companies. The results of the Q1 2003 showed that the leader today is Samsung occupying 31.1% of the DRAM market, then comes Micron with its 19.6% of the DRAM market and the third one is Infineon, which managed to win 17.1% of the memory market. The curious thing is that the reduction of Micron’s market share by 4.8% last quarter suggests that the Germans and the Americans can swap places next quarter. Having lost 215 million dollars last quarter, Micron shouldn’t be very happy. Especially, since they cannot accuse Hynix for the second time.
The 4.3GB DDR2 533 chips are far more impressive in this case. The Taiwanese memory makers are getting ready to start their production, even though the first chipset with the official support of this memory type, Intel Grantsdale is going to start selling only in Q2 2004. To be more exact, it will support only dual-channel DDR400 configurations, and only its successor, Grantsdale P will support the new DDR2 533. The memory makers, however, are already reequipping their production lines for the new memory type.
Hynix used to be one of the memory market leaders, but now they are even not among the top three companies. The results of the Q1 2003 showed that the leader today is Samsung occupying 31.1% of the DRAM market, then comes Micron with its 19.6% of the DRAM market and the third one is Infineon, which managed to win 17.1% of the memory market. The curious thing is that the reduction of Micron’s market share by 4.8% last quarter suggests that the Germans and the Americans can swap places next quarter. Having lost 215 million dollars last quarter, Micron shouldn’t be very happy. Especially, since they cannot accuse Hynix for the second time.
The 4.3GB DDR2 533 chips are far more impressive in this case. The Taiwanese memory makers are getting ready to start their production, even though the first chipset with the official support of this memory type, Intel Grantsdale is going to start selling only in Q2 2004. To be more exact, it will support only dual-channel DDR400 configurations, and only its successor, Grantsdale P will support the new DDR2 533. The memory makers, however, are already reequipping their production lines for the new memory type.