What are the top ten manufacturers of Ram and where are they located?

Hi there,

The best market research on this topic comes from Gartner Dataquest,
however to get the latest figures costs many thousands of dollars...
http://gartner11.gartnerweb.com/1_researchanalysis/focus_areas/semiconductors/semimkt_fa.html

Fortunately fairly recent data can be found in news items. This
article at ITWorld ranks the top ten DRAM manufacturers of 2000 as:

Samsung Electronics                    21.1 percent 
Micron Technology Inc.                 18.9 percent 
Hyundai (aka Hynix Semiconductor Inc)  17.2 percent
Infineon Technologies AG                8.5 percent
NEC Corp                                6.7 percent
Toshiba Corp                            6.2 percent
Hitachi Ltd                             3.9 percent
Mitsubishi Electric Corp                3.1 percent
Mosel Vitelic Inc                       2.8 percent
Winbond Electronics Corp                1.9 percent
http://www.itworld.com/Comp/1938/IDG011018dramstudy/

The top four for 2001 were:

Samsung                   27 percent 
Micron Technology         19 percent
Hynix                     14.5 percent 
Infineon Technologies AG   9.7 percent
http://kn.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/html_dir/2002/04/11/200204110027.asp


Here are their locations:

Samsung Electronics                     Korea
Micron Technology Inc.                  USA
Hyundai (aka Hynix Semiconductor Inc)   Korea
Infineon Technologies AG                Germany
NEC Corp                                Japan
Toshiba Corp                            Japan
Hitachi Ltd                             Japan
Mitsubishi Electric Corp                Japan
Mosel Vitelic Inc                       Taiwan
Winbond Electronics Corp                Taiwan 


Search Strategy:

"RAM manufacturers" million
://www.google.com/search?q=%22RAM+manufacturers%22+million

I trust this answers your question. If any portion of my answer is
unclear, please ask for clarification.

Best wishes,
robertskelton-ga