Global memory chip market in 2017 ushered in a good year, mainly benefiting from the smartphone and enterprise servers and other terminal markets for DRAM and NAND flash chip demand for continued robust growth, it also allows Samsung Electronics (Samsung Electronics) and SK Rexroth (SK Hynix) and other global memory chip manufacturers in 2017 operating performance significantly benefited, but market analysts expect that in 2018, Samsung, SK Rexroth and other manufacturers of its semiconductor business may not appear 2017 years prosperity, is expected to only moderate growth trend. According to the Korea Times, market analysts point out that the ' super memory Cycle ', which appears in 2017, is unlikely to last until 2018, when the main reason is that memory chip prices have peaked, but demand for memory chips from smartphones is still expected to stall. South Korea's KB Securities analyst said the price of the DRAM-driven Samsung memory chip could continue to rise in 2018 years, but growth would not be 2017 years, especially as mobile devices and PCs demand for NAND chips will weaken by 2018. Analysts also pointed out that the competitiveness of mainland chip manufacturers continued to rise, the long-term burden on Samsung, most of the mainland memory chip manufacturers since the 2nd quarter of 2018 will start production, even if the mainland memory manufacturers in the production of semiconductors still have not enough experience, but the mainland government is actively pushing into the chip business, In the long run this poses a threat to existing memory chip suppliers. Korea Investment & Nomura analyst also said that the 2018 memory chip price will only moderate growth due to weak demand for memory chips in the smartphone and server markets, while mainland smartphone makers are slowing shipments, Also become another depressing memory chip industry growth trend of the main reason. Strategy Analytics, a market-research firm, estimates that smartphone shipments will fall 4.3% from 2016 in the 4th quarter of 2017, which means weaker demand for smartphones and memory chips. It is noteworthy that, recently, the National Development and Reform Commission for the mainland smartphone manufacturers, accusing Samsung and SK Rexroth jointly raise storage prices, to find Samsung to ' communicate ', because it is very rare, whether for the NDRC to the storage price rise will be worth the survey But it also reflects a 2017-year memory chip price rise, which is a price rise for China, the world's largest producer of electronics and consumer markets, but is under pressure to say little about the situation. But the surge in memory prices, which has lasted 1.5, has indeed created an increasing flow of cash for Samsung, the SK Heidelberg and other memory vendors.
