Analysts report that DRAM prices have reached an inflection point and will post lower average selling prices (ASPs) in the fourth quarter. Spot prices for DRAMs have fallen since the beginning of the year and dropped to below-contract levels in in June. That’s an indication of declining prices across the overall market, according to market…
A December meeting between China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and Samsung Electronics about the company’s role in price increases for memory products could moderate DRAM price hikes in the first quarter of 2018, according to DRAMeXchange a division of TrendForce. It also could potentially drive Samsung, the market leader for DRAM and NAND flash, to…
There is good and bad news for buyers of memory devices. The good news is a deal to acquire Toshiba’s memory business may result in an oversupply of NAND flash in the first half of 2018, easing concerns of tight supply next year. However, cautious production capacity plans by leading DRAM makers means continued tight…
There are early signs that a price war is looming in the DRAM market, and it should be no surprise considering the cyclical nature of the memory device industry. DRAM prices have been steadily rising for about a year, but that upward trend may be coming to an end with planned capex and production capacity…
Inotera, which is also known as Micron Technology Taiwan, has shut down the operation of Fab-2, one of its two fabrication plants in Taiwan’s Taoyuan City, on July 1, due to a malfunction of the nitrogen gas dispensing system that contaminated the wafers and equipment in the facility, according to DRAMeXchange, a division of TrendForce. DRAMeXchange…
Contract prices of PC DRAM modules are expected to rise nearly 40 percent on average, sequentially, in the first quarter of 2017, and continue to climb in the second quarter, according to DRAMeXchange, a division of TrendForce. In addition, capacity expansion by suppliers won’t impact the market until the second half of 2017, resulting in worsening…
The contract price for PC DRAM is forecast to increase by more than 30 percent sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2016 due to tight supply, according to DRAMeXchange, a division of TrendForce. With tight supply expected to continue into 2017, buyers also should anticipate higher tags. The market research firm attributes the price increase to…
As memory makers adjust their product mixes, PC DRAM prices continue to rise. It’s also contributing to tighter supply. The global average contract price of PC DRAM increased 7.4 percent in September, reaching $14.50, according to DRAMeXchange, a division of TrendForce. Spot pricing for DRAM chips also rose significantly in September, up by as much as 19…
Buyers of NAND flash should prepare for increasingly tight supply in the third quarter of 2016 due to increased demand from smartphone and client-grade SSD markets, according to DRAMeXchange, a division of TrendForce. Buyers also need to watch for tightening supply of PC DRAMs as memory makers shift more production to mobile DRAM. As a result…
A continuing DRAM supply glut resulted in price declines of nearly 10 percent in October for average DRAM contract prices, reported DRAMeXchange, a division of TrendForce. The market researcher’s latest DRAM price report finds the average contract price of DDR3 4GB modules dropped from $18.50 in September to $16.75 in October with the lowest contract price…