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YMTC breaks into the top three NAND makers for the first time as AI servers swallow 48% of all flash — Chinese vendor has 14% share, according to research
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YMTC shipped 14% of global NAND flash in Q2 2026, displacing Kioxia for the number three spot by volume, though it ranks fifth by revenue because nearly all its output goes to lower-priced consumer products rather than enterprise SSDs.
YMTC's volume rise comes as enterprise SSDs absorb 48% of all NAND bits, up from 26% a year earlier, shrinking the consumer segment YMTC dominates as a share of the total market. The company's Entity List status since December 2022 blocks it from Western server qualification, so its planned shift toward eSSDs depends on customers it cannot currently reach outside China.
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YMTC shipped 14% of global NAND in Q2 2026, narrowly displacing Kioxia for third place by volume while ranking fifth by revenue.
Enterprise SSDs absorbed 48% of all NAND bits shipped worldwide, up from 26% a year earlier, with industry revenue growing fivefold year over year.
YMTC is mass-producing 267-layer 3D NAND on its Xtacking architecture with development underway on devices exceeding 300 layers, and its third Wuhan fab is due to begin production late this year.
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