Top 10 DRAM suppliers in Q2 2005

[Apoptosis]

Q2 was a rough period for many DRAM suppliers, but their rankings remain pretty much the same. The top three suppliers are still the same, although Hynix and Micron traded places on the list this time around. Samsung sold $1.75 billion, which makes a big gap in the lead when compared to Hynix's $939 million in sales. Samsung has had some great DRAM on the market over the past year with as their TCCC, TCCD and TCC5 memory IC's are common terms used among enthusiasts.

Rankings:

1) Samsung
2) Hynix
3) Micron
4) Infineon
5) Elpida
6) Nanya
7) Powerchip
8} ProMos
9) Winbond
10) ISSI

[kenc51]

Who are "ISSI" ???

Don't think anyone can catch Samsung!
They have the backing of a corporation, They have their slice of nearly all electronic markets, it seems.

I would have tought that micron would have stayed number 2 with their DDR2 memories.

[Apoptosis]

INTEGRATED SILICON SOLUTION, INC (ISSI)

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Integrated Silicon Solution, Inc. (ISSI), a technology leader, designs, develops and markets high performance integrated circuits for the following key markets: (i) digital consumer electronics, (ii) networking, (iii) mobile communications, and (iv) automotive electronics. Our primary products are high speed and low power SRAM and low and medium density DRAM.

Company used to be really strong, but is coming back a little bit... stock is nearly at a 52 week high. It is $8.80 and the 52 week high was $9.12.

Looks to be a decent sized company with 310 employees, but they feature low/medium denisty DRAM which is something i think the market is going away from.

[kenc51]

Thanx

If they deal mostly in low/medium density ram, Ther may still be a market in networking, tvVIVO boxes, mobile phones and the like?

Since your Qoute said, "the following key markets: (i) digital consumer electronics, (ii) networking, (iii) mobile communications, and (iv) automotive electronics."

Don't think that market will need high density ram for a while.

[Apoptosis]

nope, but those markets are tough to break into if you don't already control them!