Hynix Semiconductor Becomes World’s No.2 DRAM Maker

Leading makers of dynamic random access memory continued to enjoy their market positions in the second quarter of the year with Hynix and Elpida demonstrating impressive improvements in terms of market shares and sales.

The world’s Top 5 DRAM vendors control about 81% of the market according to a preliminary market-share analysis from iSuppli agency published by Silicon Strategies web-site. The world’s ten largest DRAM companies command 97.5% of the market today, leaving not a lot of space for smaller memory producers.