From the second half of last year, the price of general-purpose NAND flash products, which had been declining due to weak demand, has rebounded for the first time in five months.
According to market research firm TrendForce on the 3rd, the average fixed transaction price for 128Gb NAND products for memory cards and USB in January was $2.18, marking a 4.57% increase from the previous month.
The price of general-purpose NAND was $4.9 in August of last year, but continually dropped and reached $2.08 in December before rebounding successfully after five months. The decline in NAND prices was attributed to weak demand in upstream markets like PCs and mobile devices.
TrendForce analyzed that the rise in the average selling price of NAND was due to Samsung Electronics’ aggressive production control.
The average fixed transaction price of 8Gb DDR4 general-purpose DRAM for PCs in January remained at $1.35, the same as the previous month. The price of general-purpose DRAM had been falling since July of last year ($2.1) but stabilized from December.
The leading-edge product, DDR5 16Gb’s average fixed transaction price, fell by 3.85% to $3.75 compared to the previous month.
TrendForce stated that the contract for DRAM modules between DRAM suppliers and PC OEMs for the first quarter was completed in mid-January, and the prices fell by 8-13%. This is a greater decline than the fourth quarter contract prices, which fell by 5-10%.