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Samsung Narrows SK hynix’s HBM Revenue Lead as Share Reaches 33%

Estimates put SK hynix at 50% and Micron at 18% of second-quarter HBM revenue.

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Gloved hands inspect stacked memory dies inside a semiconductor cleanroom in Pyeongtaek, South Korea. / EconoTimes.ai
Gloved hands inspect stacked memory dies inside a semiconductor cleanroom in Pyeongtaek, South Korea. / EconoTimes.ai

The revenue-share gap between Samsung Electronics and SK hynix narrowed by 20 percentage points in the second quarter, with estimates putting the suppliers at 33% and 50%, respectively.

SK hynix’s share fell from 58% in the first quarter, reducing its lead over Samsung to 17 percentage points from 37. Micron’s estimated portion slipped three percentage points, to 18%.

The figures show the change in reported shares but do not explain it. The reported shares add up to 101% for the second quarter, compared with 100% in the first.

High-bandwidth memory (HBM) combines stacked DRAM with close placement to processors such as graphics processing units, enabling rapid data exchange for AI workloads.

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