Samsung and SK Hynix are upgrading their NAND factories in China
via Samsung and SK Hynix are upgrading their NAND factories in China<img src="https://fdn.gsmarena.com/imgroot/news/26/10/samsung-sk-hynix-chinese-factories-for-nand/-184x111/gsmarena_000.jpg" width="184" height="111" hspace="3" alt="" border="0" align=left style="background:#333333;padding:0px;margin:0px 4px 0px 0px;border-style:solid;border-color:#aaaaaa;border-width:1px" /> <p>Chinese memory maker YMTC became China’s biggest producer of NAND flash chips this year with a market share of 38.5%, up from 28% last year. This allowed it to overtake Samsung, which is #2 with 33.5% share (down from 36%) and SK Hynix, which is #3 with 17% (down from 20%). So, now the two Korean companies are working on upgrading their production capacity in China. Samsung’s facility in Xian, China, accounts for around 40% of its global NAND production capacity. However, it only makes relatively old chips with around 200 layers...