Spansion outpaced last year's overall growth in NOR flash, racking up a 35 percent increase in sales to $1.8 billion. The overall market grew by 16.4 percent to hit $6.1 billion.

That makes Spansion No.1, with 29.9 percent of the market, in flash sold into mobile phones. Intel is No.2 with 26.1 percent, followed by STMicroelectronics at 15.7 percent, Samsung Electronics at 11.2 percent and Toshiba Corp. at 6.5 percent.

"The major factor behind Spansion's impressive gains was its increasing sales to top-tier handset makers and market-share increases in Japan and the Asia/Pacific region," wrote Mark DeVoss, a senior memory analyst for iSuppli in a recent report.

By: DocMemory
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