Kingston, ADATA and Tigo took the top three slots in the 2019 rankings of SSD module makers, says TrendForce.

The total worldwide shipments of branded SSDs bound for the channel (retail) market in 2019 reached 131 million units, showing an increase of almost 60% from 2018, according to TrendForce’s latest investigations.

This result also indicated a further and substantial growth in SSD adoption. Kingston, ADATA, and Tigo remained first, second, and third place respectively in the global ranking of branded SSD module makers (excluding NAND Flash suppliers) by shipment market share for retail SSDs.

Together, the top 10 accounted for around 61% of the total worldwide shipments in 2019.

Looking at the channel market for SSDs as a whole, NAND Flash suppliers (including Samsung, Kioxia, WDC, Micron, SK Hynix, and Intel) accounted for around 35% of the total shipments in 2019.

The shipment share of SSD module makers (encompassing manufacturers of branded and white-box products) came to around 65% for the same year.

Taiwan-based Transcend fell to the 10th spot, while the Chinese landscape remained hypercompetitive, with major changes throughout the ranks.