Seoul Korea - The DRAM business,which has been the bread-and-butter segment within the semiconductor industry that remains in a slump, appears to have a bright future next year.
According to the semiconductor e-trade site DRAMeX change on December 8, the size of the world’s DRAM market is estimated at US$54.1 billion, up 16 percent from this year’s estimate. DRAMeX change predicted that the DRAM business would have a solid growth in both earnings and profit next year.
The DRAM market is dominated by three major players, namely Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, and Micron. Their combined market share is estimated at more than 90 percent.
The combined market share of Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix reached an all-time high at 68.2 percent in the third quarter of this year.The two South Korean companies are preparing to launch the operations of their newly expanded production lines.
DRAMeX change also predicted that the share of mobile DRAMs, which stood at 36 percent this year,would rise to 40 percent next year.
