The volume of data generated globally each day is colossal, stored in high-capacity servers and data centers via HDDs and SSDs. However, SSDs, with their superior read/write speeds, lower energy consumption, and compact device...
As one of the largest semiconductor companies in the world, SK Hynix has recently emerged from the shadow of a lackluster memory market in 2023, riding the wave of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and High-Performance...
Following a series of production cuts and price adjustments last year, the cost of SSDs has subtly increased over time, evidently benefiting NAND flash memory manufacturers financially, with their fiscal health significantly improved compared...
Since 2021, Western Digital and Kioxia have engaged in intermittent negotiations to merge their NAND flash memory production operations, aspiring to create the world’s largest NAND flash memory manufacturer. However, as the parties were...
According to the latest market research by TrendForce, the contract prices of DRAM products have been declining since the fourth quarter of 2021, enduring a continuous drop over eight quarters. However, a rise is...
Samsung has commenced curtailing production of DRAM chips and NAND flash memory since the second quarter of this year to counter the slackening demand and consequent price decline. Starting from September, the reduction in...
In response to the dwindling demand for NAND flash memory, Samsung has declared an augmentation in its production cuts by 50% starting in September. This reduction predominantly targets products with fewer than 128 layers....
Although there have been persistent efforts to escalate production cuts in recent times, there has been no discernible uptick in demand across various niches, from servers and smartphones to laptops, etc. Consequently, as of...
As reported yesterday, Phison Electronics CEO Pua Khein-Seng stated in a recent conference that a further decline in NAND flash memory prices is now impossible, and if the market does not recover promptly, some...
Although major suppliers have continuously reduced production in the past, the demand for various subsectors such as servers, smartphones, and laptops has not improved, and NAND flash memory remains in a state of oversupply....
After a poor performance in Q4 of 2022, the storage chip business of Samsung has had a disappointing start in 2023. This has resulted in the division experiencing its first loss in profits in...
Samsung has maintained its leading position in the semiconductor memory industry for many years. It has ranked first in the NAND flash memory market for 20 consecutive years, and in the DRAM market for...
Due to the contamination of production materials by Western Digital and Kioxia, the price of NAND flash memory in the second quarter of 2022 turned from falling to rising. However, the sales volume of...
In the second quarter of 2022, due to the impact of the production material contamination incidents of Western Digital and Kioxia, the price of NAND flash memory turned from falling to rising. However, with...
Kioxia and Western Digital’s NAND factories in Yokkaichi and Kitakami, Japan were affected by material pollution incidents. Production has been suspended since late January, and it did not resume normal operations until the end...
TrendForce, a market research firm, said that after entering the fourth quarter of 2021, due to the unresolved problem of capacity crunch, the impact of continued spare parts shortages has expanded to the NAND...
