The dram and nand memory will continue to rise in price

The price of DRAM memory has been very high for several months due to a large increase in its demand at a general level and the inability or refusal of manufacturers to increase productivity. The price of NAND memory has also risen for the same reasons, to which is added the fact that the appearance of 3D NAND has not had the expected effect on the drop in prices.

The price of DRAM and NAND is not going to drop yet

We know that the market is governed by the law of supply and demand, the supply is the same but demand has increased a lot due to the large number of smartphones that are manufactured, and that these include an increasing amount of memory, both RAM and NAND. Therefore, prices have been going up for several months without stopping and it seems that it will take a long time to start going down.

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The iPhone 8 is just around the corner so the demand for DRAM and NAND chips is even higher, let's not forget that Apple is one of the largest smartphone sellers worldwide so it covers a large amount of production. This causes some manufacturers to even sign 6-month chip supply contracts at higher prices in order to ensure sufficient stock. Of course higher prices translate into even higher final sale prices.

It will not be until 2018 when the supply of DRAM and NAND chips increases and therefore prices begin to decrease appreciably, Samsung and HK Hynix will launch new factories in early 2018.

Source: techpowerup