After the Chinese anti-monopoly agency conducted a raid investigation on the three companies of Micron Samsung Hynix in the offices of the Beijing Institute of Foreign Affairs and Shenzhen, at the beginning of June, according to a micro-network reporter, on Wednesday, the State Market Supervision Administration and Taiwan’s state The DRAMeXchange Shenzhen office of the semiconductor analysis agency TrendForce conducted a surprise investigation.
According to official website information, DRAMeXchange was established in 2000. It is a semiconductor research center of TrendForce, a world-renowned market research organization. It focuses on DRAM, NAND Flash, eMMC, SSD and other storage areas and tablet PCs, smart phones, PCs, etc. Related parts and components industry, and wafer manufacturing, IC design, IC packaging and testing and other semiconductor industry chain related information.
TrendForce is an international high-tech industry research and consulting agency providing consultancy services for clients from global companies, investment banks, and government agencies. Research interests span semiconductors, consumer electronics, panels, green energy, cutting-edge technologies, and more. Industry. Trend Consulting Founded in 2000, TrendForce is headquartered in Taipei and has offices in Shenzhen, Shanghai and Beijing.
The SSE eruption of the DRAMeXchange office was seen as a continuation of the investigation of the three storage giants. DRAMeXchange has comprehensive semiconductor industry data information, including authoritative data such as component price quotes, this investigation has been conducted, or with the country. The State Administration of Market Supervision further collects information about the price information of three storage giant DRAM products.
Data show that from June 1, 2016 to February 1, 2018, 4GB of DRAM memory prices rose by 130%. Only in 2017, DRAM memory prices rose by 47%, the largest increase in nearly 30 years. This year Quarterly, Samsung, Hynix, Micron's DRAM market share totaled more than 95%.
Since last year, Chinese anti-monopoly agencies have received reports and reports from Chinese companies and industry organizations, saying that three storage vendors are suspected of price manipulation in the DRAM field, and have talked with Samsung and Micron at the end of last year and May this year.
On June 2, the State Administration of Market Supervision conducted a surprise investigation of three storage vendors' offices in China, marking the official investigation of the three anti-monopoly agencies in China.