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</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top width=452 colSpan=2>DRAM sales to fall faster after dismal Q4: iSuppli
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SEOUL - Global DRAM revenue is seen falling by a wider-than-expected 15 per cent this year as memory chip makers were hit by heavy losses in the last quarter and cut supplies radically, research firm iSuppli said.
Makers of dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chips, used mainly in personal computers, saw nearly zero growth in combined fourth quarter shipments from the third quarter. Average chip prices plunged by 38 per cent amid dwindling consumer demand, iSuppli said in a note dated Monday.
It reduced its 2009 DRAM revenue forecast to US$20 billion, down 15 per cent from 2008. Only a month ago it forecast this year's DRAM sales would shrink 4 per cent.
'The downturn is impacting the global DRAM business in an increasingly broad fashion,' iSuppli said. It estimated DRAM industry's total operating losses reached US$2.6 billion in the fourth quarter and US$7 billion in 2008.
Taiwan's DRAM firms suffered the most in the fourth quarter, with the island's top supplier, Powerchip Semiconductor, posting a 74.5 per cent revenue drop from the third quarter. Local rivals Nanya Technology and ProMOS also saw sales falling by more than 50 per cent.
Germany's Qimonda, which last month filed for insolvency, reported a 40 per cent decline in fourth-quarter sales. Even the sector leader Samsung Electronics Co of South Korea logged a 38 per cent sales fall.
Micron Technology of the United States outperformed, limiting sales fall at 16.4 per cent and gaining market share.
Top player Samsung had a 30 per cent share in DRAM market in October-December, followed by home rival Hynix Semiconductor with 20.8 per cent and Japan's Elpida Memory with 15.5 per cent.
Micron had 13.8 per cent of the market, with Qimonda trailing with 9.4 per cent. -- REUTERS
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</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top width=452 colSpan=2>DRAM sales to fall faster after dismal Q4: iSuppli
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Makers of dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chips, used mainly in personal computers, saw nearly zero growth in combined fourth quarter shipments from the third quarter. Average chip prices plunged by 38 per cent amid dwindling consumer demand, iSuppli said in a note dated Monday.
It reduced its 2009 DRAM revenue forecast to US$20 billion, down 15 per cent from 2008. Only a month ago it forecast this year's DRAM sales would shrink 4 per cent.
'The downturn is impacting the global DRAM business in an increasingly broad fashion,' iSuppli said. It estimated DRAM industry's total operating losses reached US$2.6 billion in the fourth quarter and US$7 billion in 2008.
Taiwan's DRAM firms suffered the most in the fourth quarter, with the island's top supplier, Powerchip Semiconductor, posting a 74.5 per cent revenue drop from the third quarter. Local rivals Nanya Technology and ProMOS also saw sales falling by more than 50 per cent.
Germany's Qimonda, which last month filed for insolvency, reported a 40 per cent decline in fourth-quarter sales. Even the sector leader Samsung Electronics Co of South Korea logged a 38 per cent sales fall.
Micron Technology of the United States outperformed, limiting sales fall at 16.4 per cent and gaining market share.
Top player Samsung had a 30 per cent share in DRAM market in October-December, followed by home rival Hynix Semiconductor with 20.8 per cent and Japan's Elpida Memory with 15.5 per cent.
Micron had 13.8 per cent of the market, with Qimonda trailing with 9.4 per cent. -- REUTERS
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