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NAND flash is getting cheaper

11.09.2013

Significant progress has been made in the flash memory market. Contract ex-works prices for NAND-flash, which have been at a constant level over the past year, showed a steady downward trend in the second half of August. The cost of chips fell immediately by 5-10 percent, but analysts predict that this could be a signal for more significant changes. The main reason for the fall in prices was a clear decline in demand, and there are no prospects for its recovery yet.

As indicated in a recent analytical report by TrendForce, contract prices for NAND-memory decreased under the influence of cooling interest in such chips from manufacturers of laptops, tablets and communicators. They have amassed a solid stock of chips lately, but there are no signs of a possible increase in flash memory consumption. On the contrary, sales of laptops with SSDs are falling, and new models of tablets and smartphones coming out this fall, for the most part, are not going to offer increased memory capacities.

The production of flash memory will not be delayed at the existing indicators - by the end of the year, the supply of NAND chips will increase by at least 10 percent. While the major players have tried to keep their products from depreciating by concerted efforts to artificially curb NAND chip output, these measures have not yielded the expected result, and during the rest of this year, the stopped production lines will be restarted, spurring further price declines.

First of all, buyers of solid-state drives, the cost of which depends on the prices of NAND chips, will be able to feel the coming changes.

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