Samsung Electronics, the steady global leader in the NAND flash market, has further increased its share to 34 percent. 

According to Taiwanese market tracker TrendForce on Thursday, the South Korean tech giant’s NAND flash sales in the second quarter jumped 12-point-five percent from the first quarter to five-point-59 billion U.S. dollars. 

With the strong performance, its market share rose by a half percentage point from the January-March period. 

SK Hynix’ sales of NAND flash also grew 10-point-eight percent on-quarter to two-point-02 billion dollars, although its market share remained unchanged at 12-point-three percent, putting the South Korean company at No. 4. 

Japan’s Kioxia came in second with 18-point-three percent, followed by Western Digital of the U.S. at 14-point-seven percent. Another American firm, Micron Technology, rounded out the top five at 11 percent.