According to foreign media reports, IC Insights gave a report on the latest analysis of the IC industry, increasing the expected growth in 2018 from 8% to 15%, of which the most important driver of change came from DRAM.
According to reports, The average price of DRAM chips will increase by 36% in 2018, and the total market will increase by 37%. It is expected to reach 99.6 billion US dollars.
Before the amendment, IC Insights's expectation was only 13%.
It is noteworthy that in 2017, the average price of DRAM chips has risen by as much as 81%, and the total value of the memory market has also increased by 25%.
However, in 2016, the average price of DRAM fell by 8%, and the market shrank by 12%.
As for the NAND Flash branch, it is expected that the average price will increase by 10%, and the market value will increase by 17%.