Samsung supplied almost half the $11.4 billion smartphone memory market in Q1 2021, says Strategy Analytics.
Samsung’s 49% share (DRAM & NAND) was followed by Hynix and Micron according to SA’s report, Smartphone Memory Market Share Q1 2021: Samsung Memory Captures Top Spot with Samsung, Hynix and Micron taking an 80%+ revenue share in the Q1 smartphone memory market.
In Q1 2021, the smartphone NAND flash market witnessed 18% y-o-y growth in revenues driven by the adoption of UFS NAND flash chips, especially in mid and high-tier devices. Samsung claimed the top spot with a revenue share of 42% followed by Hynix with 20 percent and Kioxia with 19% share.
The smartphone DRAM memory chip revenue observed an annual revenue growth of 21% in the quarter owing to the increase in new 5G device launches by smartphone customers. Samsung Memory led in terms of market share, capturing a revenue share of 54% followed by Hynix and Micron each having 25% and 20%.
