Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Weak pricing in the dynamic random access memory market weighed on industry revenue in the first quarter, a typically slow time for the industry, researcher IHS said Tuesday.
"Buffeted by weak market conditions, companies across the DRAM space saw their revenues contract across the board in the first quarter of this year," analyst Mike Howard said.
In the latest period, global DRAM revenue fell 5.6% to $8.29 billion compared with the fourth quarter, short of the firm's expectations. Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (SSNHY, 005930.SE) held onto its No. 1 spot with a 39% market share, followed Hynix Semiconductor Inc. (HXSCF, 000660.SE) at 23%.
Samsung's market share lead lost two percentage points sequentially in the midst of a 10% revenue drop, marking the first quarterly decline in share in a year. Hynix gained 1.2 points of market share on relatively flat revenue.
IHS reported average selling prices were $1.61 during the quarter, compared to the expected $1.89 and the fourth quarter's $1.97.
By: Docmemory
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