NAND Flash brand supplier revenue falls 6.6pc in 1Q14, says TrendForce

TAIPEI, CHINA: The shipment performances of Smartphones, Tablets, and Notebooks were relatively weak in the first quarter due to seasonality.

As a result of the entire NAND Flash market's oversupply in 1Q 2014, the branded suppliers' Q1 revenues saw a 6.6 percent drop compared to the previous quarter, and slid to approximately US$ 7,244 million, according to Sean Yang, assistant vice president at DRAMeXchange, the memory and storage research division of TrendForce. 

Looking at the branded supplier revenue ranking, Samsung managed to retain its lead in the market with approximately US$ 2,175 million in sales, but saw its market share dip slightly to 30.0 percent;

Toshiba came in second with a revenue total of US$ 1,548 million and an improved market share of 21.4 percent;

SanDisk ended up in third place with US$ 1,367 million in revenue, while Micron came in fourth with US$ 1,050 million; Affected by its capacity allocations, SK Hynix's revenues slid to approximately US$ 594 million, resulting in market share of 8.2 percent.