Micron is forced to close a dram factory, impending price rise

Just two weeks ago, it became known that DRAM memory would continue to be scarce until the end of 2017, a shortage that leads to a rise in the prices of PC modules. Now a new setback appears as Micron has been forced to close one of its DRAM memory factories due to contamination problems.

Micron closes one of its DRAM factories

Micron is one of the largest DRAM manufacturers in the world together with Samsung and HK Hynix, one of its plants was responsible for the manufacture of 5.5 of the memory worldwide and the manufacturer has been forced to close it due to contamination problems. A major setback that will further reduce memory availability and thus cause prices to continue to rise rather than begin to stabilize.

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The problem is related to the nitrogen dispensing system, this has caused a malfunction and contamination of the equipment and silicon wafers. On the other hand, Micron expects to have a new factory operational at the end of the year at its maximum production capacity, this will be an oxygen balloon for the availability of DRAM memory chips.

The demand for memory chips is not going to decrease, so as production capacity is reduced worldwide , you can expect a rise in prices very soon, so if you were thinking of buying new RAM modules for your PC We recommend that you buy them as soon as possible.

Source: kitguru