SSDs will go up in price in the coming weeks and months due to the shortage in the production of NAND flash memories.
The decline in SSD prices could be halted for a while due to technical issues. According to the specialized research team DRAMExchange, have found that the price of SSDs could grow a bit in the coming months. Prices are very much based on the supply-demand aspect, or what is the same, the more a product is sold, the cheaper it ends up being (other factors influence). This change is basically due to the growing demand for NAND memories for smartphones and smart devices. This means that the price of NAND flash memories has grown during Q3 2016.
Due to the demand factor for these memories in the smartphone and derivatives sector, we must add, according to DRAMeXchange, that the technology transition from 2D-NAND to 3-NAND has caused a certain shortage of products. There is no data on how long it will take to correct this deficit and the price continues to grow or at least there is a slight stability in this regard.
We have seen how in Q3 the prices of MLC and TLC NAND memories have grown between 6-10%, depending on the storage capacity. The document highlights that the price of SSDs grows while, according to the estimated data, the benefits for the companies that manufacture or work on these units have grown by 20%. We add to this that the margins in the NAND memories sent go up as the Christmas season approaches where there are great sales.
Our readers will be affected by this rise, with which configuring a computer with an SSD today can be cheaper than during the last week of December, where it is possible that the price will increase up to 15% (in just three weeks), for the volume of smartphones, computers and smart devices sold at this time of year. The companies that can raise the price the most or in which this problem affects the most are, according to the report of CTimes.
Interestingly, about a week ago, Do was forced to delay the shipment of laptops because it was low on stock of SSD drives and did not have enough to meet demand. According to the data, around 50% of production was delayed due to the lack or shortage of these components.
