Global DRAM module sales totaled US$7.3 billion in 2013, up 32% from US$5.5 billion a year earlier, buoyed by rising standard DRAM chip prices, a booming spot market, and rising ratio of contract sales, according to DRAMeXchange.
The top-10 vendors accounted for 88% of total memory module sales in 2013, with Kingston Technology leading all vendors and seeing its sales expand 32% on year.
Taiwan-based Adata Technology and China-based Ramaxel Technology took the second and third positions with their revenues growing 116% and 37%, respectively in 2013, said DRAMeXchange.
Kingston Solution (KSI), a joint venture between Kingston and Phison Electronics, is gearing up marketing for its eMCP products, said DRAMeXchange, adding that KSI has made significant inroads into the China market and aims to land orders from first-tier device vendors.
Adata managed to post strong sales in 2013 by optimizing its low-cost inventories and flexible marketing policy, DRAMeXchange added.