Samsung Electronics kept its hold on the No. 1 spot in the global DRAM market in the first quarter of this year, backed by the industry's largest production capacity. It widened its market share gap with No. 2 SK hynix to nearly 10 percentage points.
According to market research firm TrendForce on the 1st, global DRAM revenue in the first quarter of this year was $97.0 billion (about 146.3 trillion won), up 81% from the previous quarter.
Samsung Electronics' DRAM revenue rose 93.4% from the previous quarter to $37.32 billion. Its market share was 38.5%, up 2.5 percentage points from the previous quarter.
During the same period, No. 2 SK hynix posted revenue of $27.98 billion, an increase of 62.5% from the previous quarter. However, its market share fell 3.3 percentage points to 28.8%. As a result, in the first quarter of this year, the gap with Samsung Electronics widened from 3.9 percentage points in the fourth quarter to 9.7 percentage points.
TrendForce said, "SK hynix had the highest share of HBM shipments among the top three companies, but the decline in this year's HBM contract prices partially limited the overall ASP increase."
Meanwhile, U.S. company Micron's revenue climbed 81.6% to $21.75 billion, ranking third. Its market share was 22.4%, the same level as the previous quarter.