Memory Makers Earn Record Revenue

Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix and Micron Technology saw their combined DRAM and flash memory revenue hit a record high in Q3 2018, underscoring the sheer volume of the market for these products.

Memory chips generate record revenue

The top three memory manufacturers earned $ 37.3 billion in combined revenue for the third quarter of 2018. This figure represents an increase of eight percent sequentially and 36 percent more in the year. This was due to the demand for the server and the smartphone, which need higher density memory specifications.

We recommend reading our article on SK Hynix, it already has 16Gb DDR5 memory chips at 5200 MHz

DRAM chip sales accounted for up to 71 percent of the combined memory chip revenue, generated by the top three vendors in the third quarter of 2018, Digitimes Research said. The top three memory chip vendors saw their combined DRAM memory sales reach $ 26.4 billion in the third quarter, increasing 10 percent sequentially.

Digitimes Research said that seasonal factors, as well as device customers who are already initiating inventory adjustments, will weaken demand and drive down prices for memory chips in the fourth quarter of 2018 and the first quarter of 2019. The top three memory chip vendors are unlikely to see their revenues regain growth momentum through the second half of 2019.

RAM for PC has started to drop in price in a timid way in recent weeks, something that has occurred after more than two years without stopping to rise, let's hope that 2019 marks a change in trend and prices start to decrease more significantly.

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