Why won't laptops come with bigger ssd this year?

Although the SSDs found in new laptops are usually not large in size compared to mechanical hard drives, they are extremely faster and that helps the overall performance of the laptop. Most manufacturers are using it even in hybrid SSD + HDD solutions.

There is a shortage of SSD memories

Today it is common to find 1 TB (or more) SSDs and with the logical step of technology, laptops should have solid drives with more capacity. Unfortunately that will not happen, at least during 2017.

Apparently there is a shortage of NAND flash chips due to the strong demand for these types of drives, this would be making the price of SSDs more expensive. The price increase would be around 16% compared to the previous quarter, a price increase enough for manufacturers to think twice about increasing the capacity of their laptops. All this according to the DRAMeXchange report.

The increase would affect laptops

According to the report, the price increases of SSD units of the MLC type will increase between 12 and 16%, while the triple level TLC memories will have an increase of between 10 and 16% compared to the last 2016 quarter.

During the second quarter of 2017 (which begins in April), chips of this type are expected to continue increasing in value, but at a more moderate rate.

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The demand for this type of SSD memory is increasing at a dizzying rate, since manufacturers must not only supply PC users, these memories have a strong demand from the assemblers of laptops, tablets and especially in mobile telephony. We will see how it evolves, but it should also affect the price of the units that we find in stores.

Source: computerworld