What Happened in the Storage Industry as NAND Flash Prices Plummeted Nearly 30% in 2019?

What Happened in the Storage Industry as NAND Flash Prices Plummeted Nearly 30% in 2019?

Introduction: In the context of a sluggish global economy, both manufacturers and brand companies faced significant inventory and shipment pressures in the first half of 2019, leading to a simultaneous decline in both volume and price of NAND Flash and DRAM. This situation severely impacted the Q1 financial reports of storage manufacturers, resulting in halved … Read more

In-Depth: The Behind-the-Scenes Secrets of Unisoc’s NAND Flash Team Downsizing

In-Depth: The Behind-the-Scenes Secrets of Unisoc's NAND Flash Team Downsizing

Unisoc has recently found itself in the spotlight again. Amid the severe global pandemic, it successfully overcame challenges and secured a substantial investment of 2.25 billion yuan from a major fund, warming up for its debut on the Science and Technology Innovation Board in 2021. However, at the same time, there are rumors that the … Read more

NAND Flash Prices Expected to Drop Further, While DRAM Approaches Bottom

NAND Flash Prices Expected to Drop Further, While DRAM Approaches Bottom

Source: Content from the Industrial and Commercial Times, thank you. TrendForce’s research indicates that the production cuts by manufacturers are continuing to expand, with actual demand remaining unclear. The NAND Flash market is still experiencing oversupply in the third quarter. Although there is seasonal demand support in the second half of the year, buyers are … Read more

Micron’s 1α Process DRAM and 176-Layer NAND Flash Enter Mass Production! DRAM Supply Shortage Expected to Last Until Next Year

Micron's 1α Process DRAM and 176-Layer NAND Flash Enter Mass Production! DRAM Supply Shortage Expected to Last Until Next Year

On June 3, Micron Technology’s CEO Sanjay Mehrotra announced a series of products based on 176-layer NAND Flash and 1α (1-alpha) process DRAM at the COMPUTEX 2021 Virtual event held on June 2, showcasing Micron’s strength in innovation. Micron stated that the first PCIe Gen4 SSD products (Micron 3400 and Micron 2450 SSD) utilizing the … Read more

Significant Increase in NAND Flash Prices

Significant Increase in NAND Flash Prices

Source: Content from Semiconductor Industry Observation (ID: icbank) comprehensive, thank you. During China’s Double Eleven shopping festival, most terminal product sales were flat. However, due to significant production cuts and output control by the three major memory manufacturers, including Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron, the spot prices of memory continue to rise. Among them, NAND … Read more

The Ultimate Guide to Semiconductor Storage

The Ultimate Guide to Semiconductor Storage

Previously, I provided a detailed introduction to the history of HDDs, floppy disks, and CDs. You may have noticed that in our daily lives, there are actually many more storage media than the three mentioned above. The USB drives, TF cards, SD cards we frequently use, as well as the DDR memory and SSDs used … Read more

Emerging Storage Technology: Ferroelectric Memory

Emerging Storage Technology: Ferroelectric Memory

With the rapid iteration of emerging applications such as the Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, and smart vehicles, the market has raised higher demands for data storage in terms of speed, power consumption, capacity, and reliability. Storage technology is continually facing new challenges. Among the current mainstream storage technologies, while DRAM is fast, it has … Read more

The Past, Present, and Future of RAM

The Past, Present, and Future of RAM

In the past year, a trend contrary to Moore’s Law has emerged in a certain integrated circuit market – chip prices have increased! According to Moore’s Law, each chip should depreciate by half after 18 months. This market is the memory market, more precisely – DRAM memory. Over the past year, DRAM prices have risen … Read more

Discussing New Storage Technologies

Discussing New Storage Technologies

This article is authorized to be reproduced from the public account “Semiconductor Industry Observation”, ID: icbank, Author: L. Chenguang “ Memory is one of the important markets in semiconductors, accounting for nearly 1/3 of the semiconductor market share. Among them, in terms of sub-products of memory chips, DRAM and NAND Flash occupy over 95% of … Read more

Understanding Semiconductor Storage Technology and Market

Understanding Semiconductor Storage Technology and Market

Source: Semiconductor Industry Observation Memory, as an important component of semiconductor devices, accounts for as much as 20% of semiconductor products. As a significant type of semiconductor product, the global semiconductor market sales for memory reached $77.2 billion in 2015, representing a 23% share of the semiconductor product market, with total sales of $335.2 billion. … Read more