The price of memory chips begins to drop timidly, fear of investors

Reuters has reported a shy drop in the price of memory in the last quarter of last year 2017, there is talk of a drop of 5%, which is little, but marks a change in trend after many months of non-stop rising.

Cheaper memories this 2018?

This drop in the price of memory chips has not yet translated into a drop in the prices of RAM modules for PCs, as this is something that takes more time so it will still have to wait a bit for it. It is the investors who did not like anything to see this drop in the prices of memory chips.

This 5% drop in memory prices has led industry analysts to revise their earnings estimates for 2018 as they expect the memory industry growth rate to be 30% instead of 60% as planned so far. This would end inflated prices and slower-than-usual acceleration to keep demand higher than supply, something that has caused the value of industries to skyrocket by more than $ 70 million in a single year..

Adata shows off their Project Jellyfish, oil-cooled RAM memories

This news has led to Samsung shares falling 7.5 percent last week, while SK Hynix shares fell 6.2 percent. Analysts say a sudden collapse is unlikely and 2018 should still be a relatively stable year for memory chip makers because of the high demand that exists.

Macquarie analysts estimate Samsung's chip division's operating profit margin hit 47% last year from 26.5% in 2016 and will rise to 55.5% this year.

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