1999 DRAM Market Shares: A Year of Change.Business Editors, High-Tech high-tech also hi-tech adj. Informal Of, relating to, or resembling high technology. high-tech Adjective same as hi-tech Adj. 1. Writers PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 27, 2000 The top five DRAM vendors of 1999 commanded 75 percent of the total DRAM market. The top three DRAM vendors controlled close to 60 percent of the total market. Compare these numbers to 1998 when the top five DRAM vendors controlled 60 percent of the total market. The 1999 DRAM market grew by 47.8 percent, and megabit One million bits. Also Mb, Mbit and M-bit. See mega and space/time. growth was a healthy 81.9 percent. Consequently, the revenue picture improved for most DRAM vendors last year. Revenue shipments followed the historical trend of a slow first half and a robust second half of the year. Revenue was up 8.3 percent in 1Q99; down 8.2 percent in 2Q99; up 14.5 percent in 3Q99 and skyrocketed to 39.0 percent in 4Q99. The impact of constrained con·strain tr.v. con·strained, con·strain·ing, con·strains 1. To compel by physical, moral, or circumstantial force; oblige: felt constrained to object. See Synonyms at force. 2. capital investment in DRAM fabs -- for more than three years by most vendors -- was apparent in the market shares. Samsung maintained its number one position. Hyundai kept its number two position but increased market share significantly. Micron moved up solidly to the number three spot, also with a major increase in market share. NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. moved to fourth place and Toshiba shot up to fifth. Infineon and Mitsubishi both stayed in the top ten with the number 6 and 7 spots respectively. New companies in the Top Ten were Mosel-Vitelic, Vanguard Vanguard Any of three unmanned U.S. experimental satellites. Vanguard I (1958), the second U.S. satellite placed in orbit around Earth (after Explorer 1), was a tiny 3.25-lb (1.47-kg) sphere with two radio transmitters. and Fujitsu, ranking 8, 9 and 10 respectively. For a copy of this report and other products and services available at Semico Research Corp. visit website www.semico.com, or contact Semico Research at 602/997-0337. Semico Research Corp. is a leader in providing semiconductor market analysis, research and custom consulting, headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona Phoenix /ˈfiːˌnɪks/ (English: Phoenix, Navajo: Hoozdo, lit. "the place is hot", Western Apache: Fiinigis) is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. . |
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