Kingston Technology Takes Top Spot as DRAM Module Supplier

Published 2019-09-12 07:37 by Hilbert Hagedoorn

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Ssateneth

2019-09-12 11:33

holy crap. is this data real? gskill isnt even on there.. kingston must be a predominant supplier in china or something.

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Astyanax

2019-09-12 11:51

cherry picked statistics.

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alanm

2019-09-12 12:37

The rankings for 2018 mark the 16th consecutive year that TrendForce has placed Kingston in the top spot.

Always had the impression Kingston was amongst the top module suppliers, just didnt expect their share of the market was that pervasive.

“While Kingston considers TrendForce’s estimates overly generous, it nonetheless follows the trajectory of the company’s growth in all of its business segments,” said Mike Mohney, DRAM business manager, Kingston.

LOL, even they seem surprised by the figures.

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alanm

2019-09-12 12:39

Ssateneth:

holy crap. is this data real? gskill isnt even on there.. kingston must be a predominant supplier in china or something.

Gskill, Corsair, et al are mainly niche performance segment.

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mannix

2019-09-12 12:52

"leading third-party supplier of DRAM modules" Guess this means the DRAM modules as packages which are then assembled onto devices or DIMMs, etc.by other manufacturers like G.Skill, etc

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Texter

2019-09-12 13:45

Ha. Guilty.

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chinobino

2019-09-12 14:54

Kingston have the lowest standards, they'll sell any old crap 😛

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schmidtbag

2019-09-12 15:12

Holy crap I wasn't expecting that; any of that. I had no idea they were so huge, I'm surprised how to see so many brands I don't recognize, and even more surprised not seeing brands I would recognize.

Astyanax:

cherry picked statistics.

Assuming that's true, Kingston would still be waaaay in front. Cherry picked results aren't typically that drastically different.

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Undying

2019-09-12 15:15

chinobino:

Kingston have the lowest standards, they'll sell any old crap 😛

yeah their value ram is everywhere.

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Mineria

2019-09-12 16:08

mannix:

"leading third-party supplier of DRAM modules" Guess this means the DRAM modules as packages which are then assembled onto devices or DIMMs, etc.by other manufacturers like G.Skill, etc

You mean the chips? Only Samsung, Hynix and Micron makes those.

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Mineria

2019-09-12 16:15

chinobino:

Kingston have the lowest standards, they'll sell any old crap 😛

While maybe not the fastest modules they are stable enough for prebuild computers, which leads to Kingston being on top of that list. In my experience Kingston modules always work out of the box, had modules from other companies that required some tweaking to run at advertised speeds. So for a no frill mission critical setup the so called gaming modules are a no go.