SSD units will decrease in price by 10% in early 2019
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SSD drives are the cheapest components we can buy for our computer and one of the most impactful in overall performance, thanks to their high data read and write speeds compared to normal hard drives. Perhaps it is due to its high demand that prices are so low, and the beginning of 2019 will be even more so.
The price of SSD units will decrease 10% in the first quarter of 2019
SSD prices have dropped in 2018, making NAND-based storage cheaper than ever. Although SSD adoption is growing, supply is quickly outstripping demand, making prices drop and high-speed storage even more attractive to PC makers.
DRAMeXchange , a division of Trendforce , has stated that SSD prices are expected to drop a further 10% in the first quarter of 2019, even though adoption of these types of drives is growing.
In recent quarters, NAND manufacturers have slowed production capacity, hoping to limit market oversupply. Although these attempts will slow down the rate at which NAND production increases, they will not alleviate the current state of oversupply in the market.
SSD prices continue to drop, making it increasingly difficult for even budget-conscious PC makers to avoid using a solid-state storage drive due to its low prices.
If we talk about the Spanish territory, a 240GB SSD costs around 35-40 euros or even less depending on the brand. While a 120GB drive, which can serve as a system boot drive, costs less than 25 euros.
Motherboard sales will decrease 10% during 2018
Total and global shipments of motherboards are expected to drop 10% in 2018 after the global PC market experienced a continuing decline in 2017.
The price of ssd units would fall by half compared to 2018
We had already had reports on SSD drives and their downward cost trend during 2019, and that this trend would continue this year.
Demand for hard drives expected to decrease 50% this year
The era of PC hard drives is slowly coming to an end, giving way to new storage technologies.
