Thursday, May 19, 2005
The total sales of NAND flash memory was roughly equivalent to that of NOR-type flash in the first quarter of 2005, according to market research company iSuppli Corp.
Revenue for NAND flash in the first quarter rose to $2.05 billion, up 16 percent from the fourth quarter of 2004, according to preliminary data from iSuppli Corp. In contrast, NOR flash revenue declined to $2.02 billion, down 11 percent from the fourth quarter.
NOR flash accounted for 91 percent of overall flash memory revenue in 2000, compared to just 9 percent for NAND, the company said. However, since 2002, sales have boomed for NAND flash, due to its extensive use for data storage in fast-growing products like MP3 players, digital still cameras, memory cards and USB drives.
NOR flash is used primarily for code storage in mobile phones, an area that has experienced relatively slow growth compared to the products where NAND is employed.
With sales of products using NAND flash continuing to boom, this trend is expected to continue. In 2006, iSuppli forecasts NAND will account for 59 percent of overall flash-memory revenue, compared to 41 percent for NOR. In 2009, NAND will account for 65 percent of all flash revenue, compared to 35 percent for NOR.
By: DocMemory
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