SSDs May Get Pricey This Year With NAND Prices Expected to Rise 40%

Tom's Hardware | Jan. 2, 2020, 3:53 a.m. | Original

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In 2019, NAND and DRAM prices dropped to an all-time low. This led to cheaper SSDs and memory than we've ever seen before. These times appear to be coming to an end though. A DigiTimes report today cited unnamed sources at chipmakers claiming that prices for NAND flash memory, a non-volatile type of storage used in storage components like SSDs, will rise by up to 40% by Q4 2020.

Various factors can contribute to this boost, such as increased demand or issues with supply, such as Samsung's latest incident where its Hwaseong plant landed out of order for 3 days due to a one-minute power outage.

Without named sources, it's hard to bet it all on DigiTimes' report. But if it's true, it would point to a tough year for PC builders . Just last week, market research DRAMeXchange also predicted that Q1 2020 DRAM prices would rise by 5% in Q1 2020 .

So if you want to buy a new SSD or even want some more DDR4 RAM , now would be a good time to start looking.

1 Comment Comment from the forums
  • Samuel White 02 January 2020 17:21
    We get these articles at the beginning of every year on Hard drives and Ram.
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