First, the preface: memory supply prices rose and then rose
Memory prices have skyrocketed since the beginning of 2016 and have not dropped back until the end of 2017. However, prices are still far from the "cabbage price" of the year, which is unprecedented in the entire PC industry, The main reason is attributed to Samsung, Hynix and Micron three memory particle manufacturers monopoly and control.
If the price of NAND flash memory is due to 2D NAND's move to 3D NAND in 2016, then DRAM price hikes will be entirely human-caused. In recent years, the PC industry has been in a sluggish state. Manufacturers are beginning to reduce their DRAM production, Is used for memory, such as mobile phones, tablet PCs, servers and other equipment are also needed, which further led to tight DRAM supply, prices naturally began to rise.
In order to better analyze the memory price trend, the author inquired about the price trend of a certain memory brand for more than one year. The figure above shows a DDR4 2400MHz memory with a capacity of 8GB. In late 2016, the price is generally around 400 yuan. In 2016 November 11, the price fell to 339 yuan during the promotion period, then the memory began to soar, reaching a peak of 969 yuan on November 12, 2017, an alarming increase of 285%.
Some netizens said memory profit has gone far beyond the gold, after the memory not only did not start to fall, but rose sharply, not Tuen Tu waves; while the other part of the netizen said that can not be happy to eat chicken.
With the soaring memory prices, on the one hand, more manufacturers are entering this field and trying to get a share, while those who have been fighting have continued to launch various new products to remain attractive.
Recently, GALAXY released the latest HOF Hall of Fame memory 'HOF Extreme', adhere to the iconic white faith and high-end positioning, design and specifications are also more powerful.
