According to Korean media reports, Samsung has raised its investment in NAND production this year and next, totaling up to 15 billion US dollars, which is mainly used to expand the 3D NAND capacity of the Pyeongtaek plant in South Korea and the Xi'an plant in China.
The report mentioned that Samsung is investing just to increase NAND production, so the future price reduction of SSD is basically no suspense.
Among the global NAND flash memory market share, Samsung ranks first, with a market share of 37%. Its every move directly affects the development of the entire industry. This time, investing in the NAND field to expand production capacity is bound to allow competitors to adopt the same strategy.
It is reported that Toshiba / Western Digital, Micron, SK Hynix and Intel are investing heavily in NAND capacity, and will produce 96-layer stack of 3D NAND flash memory from the end of next year to early next year.
For users, the supply of NAND chips has increased and the price of NAND products has dropped. This is definitely good news.
