NAND flash memory pricing rose 20-25 percent in Q1 2017

A research report by DRAMeXchange found that the contract pricing of NAND flash memory increased 20 to 25 percent in the first quarter of this year. The pricing of NAND-based products like solid state disks has been going up for some time now as supply isn't keeping up with demand. In particular, production capacity of regular NAND memory has dropped as the industry is migrating to 3D NAND.

NAND revenue typically falls off considerably between the seasonally strong fourth quarter and the the first quarter of the year, traditionally a slow season for end device shipments. However, in the first quarter of this year, global NAND revenue declined by just 0.4 percent, as the reduction of two-dimensional NAND capacity was severe enough to create tight demand, DRAMeXchange said.

Prices of mobile storage products such as embedded multi-chip package (eMCP), embedded multi-media card (eMMC) and universal flash storage (UFS) also continue climbing, DRAMeXchange said.

Here's a table comparing the largest NAND flash memory suppliers:



Via: EE Times