Samsung Electronics Co., the world's top memory chip maker, and smaller local rival SK hynix Inc. accounted for 68 percent of the global dynamic random access memory (DRAM) market in the second quarter, industry data showed Sunday.
According to the data compiled by market researcher DRAMeXchange, the combined market share of Samsung and SK hynix climbed 3 percent on-quarter in the April-June period, well ahead of the 25.7 percent combined market share for U.S. companies and the 6.3 percent for Taiwanese competitors.