Hynix overtook Micron in the second quarter to become the world's second-largest DRAM supplier, according to a iSuppli Corp.

After surpassed Infineon as number-three DRAM ranking in the forth quarter of 2003, Hynix did it again this time to squeeze out Micron. Hynix boosted its DRAM revenue by 23 percent in Q2 as compare to Micron's modest 2 percent increase in DRAM sales for the same quarter, iSuppli said.

Micron has been shifting its DRAM manufacturing capacity to produce other parts such as flash memory etc and that have opened the door for its competitors to take some of its market share.

Hynix in the second quarter accounted for 16.9 percent of worldwide DRAM sales, second only to fellow South Korean memory maker Samsung Electronics Ltd., which controlled 27.7 percent of global revenue. Micron fell to third place with a 15.3 percent share of global sales, 1.6 percentage points less than Hynix, iSuppli said in the report. 

By: DocMemory
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