The sources said that the demand and profitability of the DRAM segment are experiencing a positive cycle as global leading DRAM suppliers are rationally expanding their capacities, allowing the DRAM market to sustain stable development in the short term.
As to NAND flash memory chips, the average selling price (ASP) is expected to trend downward in the first quarter of 2018 after peaking in the fourth quarter of 2017, as the improving yield rates at makers will help to ease the tight supply of the segment, the sources continued.
NAND flash memory pricing may start dropping in Q1 2018
Posted on Tuesday, December 12 2017 @ 5:17 CET by Thomas De MaesschalckIndustry sources told DigiTimes that the worst NAND flash memory shortfalls may be behind us. The site heard that pricing will likely peak this quarter as more supply should hit the market in Q1 2018. The imbalance between supply and demand is expected to ease next quarter and this should lead to a downward trend in pricing.
