SSD is just a sign of oversupply. Samsung's factory scrapped 6,000 wafers because of an unexpected power outage, which was a good dream for price cuts. In 2017, the price increase was actually more memory, and so far it has not been weakened. sign.
According to ETNews, the latest chart compiled by IC Insights, the statistics agency, shows that the price per Gb DRAM chip reached 0.97 US dollars in January 2018, an increase of 47% year-on-year. This increase is even more exaggerated than the peak of 45% 30 years ago.
With respect to the corresponding output, the growth was very slow. Observers said that mainly DRAM also entered the 10nm level process, and the yield improvement was not as fast as before.
In the historical data, the price of DRAM was reduced by 33% from 1978 to 2012. Afterwards, the industry began to restructure, forming Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron's Big Three, and the annual reduction was controlled to 3%.
At present, the outside world is paying attention to the layout of the Chinese companies on the memory market. Their participation will impact on the price of the memory.
The picture shows the price changes of the Kingston Hawker 16GB
