Data centers can keep ram going up in price
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At the beginning of the year we had the news that the prices of the RAM memory modules for PC could start to fall this year 2018 due to an increase in the production of the main manufacturers. However, new information suggests that the situation could have been reversed by data centers.
RAM shortage will get even worse this year
Digitimes says that several industry sources indicate that the high demand for memories by data centers may cause the situation of scarcity of this resource to continue to increase, which would inevitably translate into further price increases. Samsung, SK Hynix and Micron have either increased their production capacity or will do so shortly, but this may not be enough to cope with the increased demand from data centers and smarpthone manufacturers.
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Due to this increase in demand, memory chips could increase their price by at least 5 percent and even up to 10 percent before the end of the second quarter of this year 2018. Unfortunately, analysts at Goldman Sachs reflect the same sentiment, showing that 32GB server modules that cost $ 300 in January have already risen to $ 315 and there are no signs that this will change.
During the last almost two years the price of DDR4 RAM has not stopped rising, to the point that today we have to pay double or even more to buy a kit of the same capacity.
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