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Thursday 29 April 2021
DRAM contract prices to rise 10% in May
Contract market prices for PC- and server-use DRAM memory will rise about 10% in May alone, despite a recent slowdown in the spot market price growth, according to sources at memory...
Monday 26 April 2021
Cryptomining demand for large-capacity SSDs surges in China
China-based cryptomining hardware makers are "panic buying" all the available large-capacity SSDs from the spot market, according to industry sources.
Wednesday 13 January 2021
DRAM prices to rise through 2Q21
DRAM contract market prices have risen 5-10% in the first quarter of 2021, and will continue their rally in the second quarter, according to sources at memory module makers.
Tuesday 22 December 2020
DRAM spot prices surge
Spot market prices for DRAM memory have surged recently and reached levels that are over 20% higher than contract market prices, according to sources at memory module houses.
Thursday 17 December 2020
DRAM spot prices to start rising later in December
DRAM spot prices will start rising in the second half of December, with the rally set to persist through January 2021, according to industry sources.
Wednesday 4 November 2020
New iPhones to consume 5-6% of total NAND flash produced in 2021
The new iPhone 12 series that comes in 64GB, 128GB and 256GB options will consume 5-6% of the overall NAND flash memory produced in 2021, according to industry sources.
Wednesday 27 May 2020
Memory spot prices stabilize
Memory spot market prices have stopped falling, indicating consumer sentiment could be improving, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 26 May 2020
Global 1Q20 NAND flash market posts 8% growth, says DRAMeXchange
Revenues of the global NAND flash industry increased 8.3% sequentially to US$13.58 billion in the first quarter of 2020, thanks mainly to growth in demand for datacenter applications,...
Friday 10 April 2020
Memory vendors give priority to orders for data centers
Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix and Micron Technology now give priority to shipping memory chips and devices for data centers and other server applications, as demand for smartphones...
Tuesday 7 April 2020
Samsung cutting SSD inventory
Samsung Electronics is striving to lower its SSD inventory levels, a move which has raised concerns about the NAND flash market outlook for the second half of 2020, according to industry...
Thursday 26 March 2020
NAND flash ASPs may tumble in 2H20
The spread of the coronavirus pandemic has dragged down considerably shipments for most end products in the first quarter of 2020, according to DRAMeXchange, which cut its NAND flash...
Tuesday 24 March 2020
Memory distributors turn cautious
Memory distributors have turned cautious about demand due to the coronavirus pandemic, and are slowing down their chip purchases, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 4 February 2020
Memory prices to rise at slower pace
Memory chip prices are likely to rise at a slower pace in February, as buyers in China are holding a wait-and-see approach, according to industry observers.
Thursday 2 January 2020
NAND flash prices to rise by up to 40% in 2020
NAND flash contract prices are forecast to rise by up to 40% in 2020, according to sources at memory chipmakers.
Thursday 19 December 2019
NAND flash contract prices to rise by up to 15% in 1Q20
NAND flash contract market prices are expected to rise 10-15% in the first quarter of 2020, thanks to suppliers' output controls and a pick-up in demand for datacenter applications,...
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