Mobile DRAM: Market Trends and Major Players Deployment Strategy

Published: Mar, 2015 | Pages: 25 | Publisher: Market Intelligence & Consulting Institute
Industry: ICT | Report Format: Electronic (PDF)

The earliest application of DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory) can be traced back to the PC age. As the PC market declines, new types of mobile devices have taken over to become the world's most popular electronics products thanks to their versatile characteristics, high levels of convenience, and the stylish design. The popularity of mobile devices has led to fast growth for mobile DRAMs, turning it into a mainstream hit. This report provides the overview of mobile DRAM market and examines its major applications, market prospects, and leading DRAM manufacturers' strategic planning.

List of Topics
Overview of the global DRAM market and includes the market share forecast of commodity, mobile, and specialty DRAM until 2017

Highlights of mobile DRAM market development, including market volume and market share breakdowns by application, mainly tablets and smartphones, from 2014 to 2017

Development of first-tier players, namely Samsung, SK Hynix, Micron, and second-tier players, namely Nanya Technology, Winbond and Powerchip, touching on their strategic planning for DRAM in process technology and mass production up until second quarter of 2015

Development and operational highlights of first- and second-tier DRAM brands and also included is their global share in the mobile DRAM market in each quarter of 2014

List of Companies
Apple, Elpida, Inotera, Micron, Nanya Technology, Powerchip, Rexchip, Samsung, SK Hynix, Winbond

 Table of Contents
1 Mobile DRAM Application Trends
1.1 Smartphone and Tablet as Focal Application Areas
1.2 Mobile DRAM Becomes Mainstream with Growing Applications
1.3 4Gb LPDDR3 as the Mainstream Specs of Mobile DRAM Chips

2 Development of the Mobile DRAM Market
2.1 Mobile Device Proliferation as Key Growth Driver
2.2 Smartphones to Become Major Engine of Growth for Mobile DRAM
2.3 Samsung Still Secures 50% Market Share

3 Development of Leading DRAM Brands
3.1 Market Equally Shared by Three Tier-1 Brands
3.2 Samsung's Capacity Expansion Causing Concern

MIC Perspective
Appendix
Glossary of Terms
List of Companies

List of Tables
Table 1 Commodity DRAM and Mobile DRAM Specs Development Roadmap, 1H 2013 - 1H 2016
Table 2 Worldwide Major DRAM Development and Operational Highlights
Table 3 Worldwide Major DRAM Processing Technology and Mass Production Roadmap, 1Q 2013 - 2Q 2015

List of Figures
Figure 1 Comparison of Commodity, Specialty and Mobile DRAM and Applications
Figure 2 Worldwide Market Share of Commodity, Mobile, and Specialty DRAM, 2014 - 2017
Figure 3 Specialty, Mobile, and Commodity DRAM Market Scale, 2014 - 2017
Figure 4 Worldwide Market Volume of Mobile DRAM for Use in Smartphones and Tablets, 2014 - 2017
Figure 5 Worldwide Mobile DRAM Market Share by Application, 2014 - 2017
Figure 6 Worldwide Mobile DRAM Market Share by Vendor, 1Q 2014 - 4Q 2014