SSD pricing dropping like a rock

DigiTimes writes prices of solid state disks are falling fast in China. The site says a looming price war resulted in a 10 percent price cut for 128GB SSDs in the last two months. Furthermore, DigiTimes also notes motherboard makers are expected to sell more higher-end boards thanks to the launch of AMD's third-gen Threadripper and the cheaper than expected Cascade Lake-X CPUs from Intel.

SSD prices have been falling fast in China. Consumers may be happy, but vendors are wary of a looming price war that would further undermine their profitability from the SSD market. But in the motherboard market, makers may see ASP improve in the fourth quarter, thanks to Intel and AMD releasing new platforms. For major Taiwan-based ODMs, they have to look beyond consumer electronics for business growth. The smart healthcare sector is promising.