South Korean chipmakers garnered a record-high share in the global market for dynamic random access memory chips in the third quarter, data showed Tuesday, further widening the gap with other global rivals.
  

Samsung Electronics Co. took up 45.9 percent of the global DRAM market in the July-September period, up 3.6 percentage points from a year earlier, the data compiled by industry tracker IHS showed.
  

With Samsung's local rival SK hynix Inc. also taking up 27.6 percent of the market in the third quarter, the combined share held by the two South Korean firms came to 73.5 percent, up 5.2 percentage points from the previous year.
  

It marked the fifth consecutive quarter for the two South Korean firms to expand their combined presence in the global market.
  

U.S.-based Mircon Technology Inc., on the other hand, posted the lowest share since its acquisition of Japan's Elpida Memory in 2013. Micron took up 19.8 percent of the DRAM market in the third quarter, down 4.2 percentage points from a year earlier.
  

Two Taiwanese players followed, with Nanya Technology Corp. holding 2.8 percent and Winbond Electronics Corp. 1.3 percent. (Yonhap)