Toshiba shows its NAND flash sales

Published:2012/6/13 22:07:00 Author:Ecco From:SeekIC

The NAND flash memory sales of Toshiba Corp. was $1.71 billion in the first quarter with increasing 19 percent from the fourth quarter of 2011. According to IHS iSuppli, it was the highest growth rate among all NAND suppliers, and good for a 34 percent share of the NAND market. However, Toshiba ranked No. 2 position among NAND suppliers in the first quarter while Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. took 37 percent of the market.

Dee Nguyen, memory analyst at IHS indicated that, in achieving 34 percent first quarter growth, Toshiba shook off troubles experienced in 2011, when Toshiba’s production was disrupted by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan and later, when Toshiba’s sales were hurt by market conditions that caused a carryover of inventory into the first quarter of this year.


HIS also indicated that the total NAND market was dragged down in the first quarter by weak pricing, which reflected the mismatch between an industry-wide growth in supply and a seasonally slow quarter for consumer demand. With the exception of Toshiba, NAND suppliers experienced revenue declines that ranged from a soft landing for Samsung to a steep drop-off for Powerchip Technology Corp., IHS said.

HIS said that overall first-quarter NAND flash sales increased to $4.99 billion from $5.05 billion in the fourth quarter last year.

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