Kingston biggest USB drive shipper in 2011

Posted on Monday, June 04 2012 @ 17:02 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck

According to research firm Gartner, Kingston ranked first as world's largest USB drive supplier in 2011 with a marketshare of close to 30%, while SanDisk followed with 21.7 percent.

In the flash card market for 2011, however, Kingston was ranked fifth by Gartner. The US firm took a 5.5% market share following Taiwan-based Transcend Information with 6.1%. Transcend settled into fourth place for the first time.

SanDisk remained the leader of the flash card segment in 2011 with a 39.7% share, followed by Samsung Electronics with a 15.3% share and Toshiba with 10.9%, according to Gartner.

The global USB drive and flash card markets have reached their saturation points. Sales of USB drives and flash cards totaled about US$2.51 billion and US$8.4 billion, respectively, in 2011. Both figures registered on-year decreases, according to Gartner.

Further details at DigiTimes.

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Thomas has been messing with computer since early childhood and firmly believes the Internet is the best thing since sliced bread. Enjoys playing with new tech, is fascinated by science, and passionate about financial markets. When not behind a computer, he can be found with running shoes on or lifting heavy weights in the weight room.

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