Samsung's share of mobile DRAM market reaches 64.5%

Samsung's share of mobile DRAM market reaches 64.5%. November. 26, 2016 07:20. by Ji-Hyun Kim jhk85@donga.com.

Samsung Electronics once again broke the previous high by dominating the global mobile DRAM market.

The semiconductors market research agency DRAM Exchange announced on Friday that Samsung Electronics was ranked the first with 64.5 percent of shares in the mobile DRAM market in third quarter. The semiconductor giant experienced 3.0 percentage points higher dominance from 61.5 percent in the previous quarter. The figure comes as the record high since the industry exclusively aggregated the mobile DRAM market shares.

Though hovering below 60-percent level at 57.6 percent (2Q), percent (3Q), and 58.2 percent (4Q) last year, Samsung Electronics opened a new chapter by enjoying over 60 percent for the first time this first quarter at 60.4 percent. As a result, the mobile manufacturer continued to show record-high performances for two quarters in a row. Samsung Electronics’ sales in the third quarter jumped by 22.4 percent year-on-year to 2.96 billion dollars.