NAND Flash Prices Decline by 6% in 2018; New Devices and Demand for 256GB Capacity May Bring Opportunities

NAND Flash Prices Decline by 6% in 2018; New Devices and Demand for 256GB Capacity May Bring Opportunities

Due to the shortage and price increase of NAND Flash in 2016 and the first half of 2017, the demand in markets such as smartphones and SSDs weakened in the second half of 2017, exacerbated by the seasonal effects at the end of the year. At the beginning of 2018, the prices of NAND Flash-related … Read more

TrendForce: NAND Flash Industry Faces Oversupply, 512GB SSD Prices Expected to Drop to New Lows

TrendForce: NAND Flash Industry Faces Oversupply, 512GB SSD Prices Expected to Drop to New Lows

Click the above“blue text”to follow us! According to research from TrendForce’s DRAMeXchange, a global market research organization, the NAND Flash industry is experiencing a significant oversupply this year. SSD manufacturers are engaged in a price war, leading to a sharp decline in prices for PC OEM SSDs. It is expected that the contract average price … Read more

June NAND Flash Wafer Prices in China’s Market Expected to Slightly Rise, Yet Inventory Remains High

June NAND Flash Wafer Prices in China's Market Expected to Slightly Rise, Yet Inventory Remains High

Click ↑ the blue text to follow us Set “Starred” to avoid missing updates According to TrendForce’s research, after significant production cuts by American and Korean manufacturers starting in May, some suppliers have begun to raise wafer prices, with quotes for the Chinese market slightly higher than the transaction prices in March and April. Therefore, … Read more

Phison Electronics Restructures Its Mainland China Operations and Strengthens Cooperation with Shenzhen Hongxin Yu

Phison Electronics Restructures Its Mainland China Operations and Strengthens Cooperation with Shenzhen Hongxin Yu

Phison Electronics announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Core Storage Electronics, will adjust its equity structure concerning Hefei Zhaoxin and Shenzhen Hongxin Yu.Phison has two deep layouts in mainland China. The first is Hefei Zhaoxin, established in June 2015, which is 100% owned by Phison and primarily engaged in the design, development, and technical services of … Read more

Intel and Micron to End Collaboration on NAND Flash Technology

Intel and Micron to End Collaboration on NAND Flash Technology

Intel and Micron have announced that they will independently develop 3D NAND technology in the future. The development of the third generation 3D NAND technology is expected to be delivered by the end of 2018 or early 2019, and both companies have agreed to independently develop 3D NAND after this technology node, to better optimize … Read more

NAND Flash Prices Drop Over 50%, Nanya Technology: DRAM Will Not Repeat Historical Price Collapse

NAND Flash Prices Drop Over 50%, Nanya Technology: DRAM Will Not Repeat Historical Price Collapse

Both DRAM and NAND Flash prices fell in the second half of 2018, but as of early Q4, the NAND Flash price index has accumulated a decline of up to 57%. In contrast, the decline in DRAM prices has slowed. However, the market is filled with a wait-and-see atmosphere, and DRAM suppliers have successively delayed … Read more

Latest Revenue Rankings of Global NAND Flash Manufacturers

Latest Revenue Rankings of Global NAND Flash Manufacturers

This article is compiled by Semiconductor Industry Review (ID: ICVIEWS)In the face of the most severe oversupply situation in 2023, industry prices rose nearly 10% in the fourth quarter.According to TrendForce, the NAND Flash industry revenue in the fourth quarter of 2023 grew significantly by 24.5% quarter-on-quarter, reaching $11.49 billion. This growth is attributed to … Read more

Micron Unveils Latest Technology Roadmap for DRAM and NAND Flash

Micron Unveils Latest Technology Roadmap for DRAM and NAND Flash

Click the above“blue text”to follow us! As a globally renowned memory manufacturer, Micron recently held its 2019 Investor Conference, during which it showcased the development and planning of the next generation of DRAM and NAND Flash technologies. It is reported that Micron’s technology research and Fab manufacturing facilities are spread across the globe, with core … Read more

Analysis of the Current Status of NAND Flash Wafer Manufacturers in China

Analysis of the Current Status of NAND Flash Wafer Manufacturers in China

Unisplendour’s Tongfang Guoxin has proposed a private placement of 80 billion RMB for capital increase aimed at the Flash industry. This capital increase is nearly 60% of the scale of the National Integrated Circuit Industry Investment Fund, indicating a high concentration of capital in promoting the Flash industry. A report from TrendForce’s Tsinghua Unigroup will … Read more

Decline in NAND Flash Prices Challenges Revenue Growth for Storage Manufacturers

Decline in NAND Flash Prices Challenges Revenue Growth for Storage Manufacturers

Smartphones are the largest application market for NAND Flash. In 2015, the demand in the high-end market was primarily concentrated on capacities above 32GB, increasingly shifting towards 64GB, which is the main driver of NAND Flash consumption. However, due to the decline in demand for high-end smartphones, the sales of Samsung Galaxy S6/S6 Edge/Note 5 … Read more