NAND flash shortage will increase SSD and eMMC prices
 

The NAND flash shortage has been severe in the fourth quarter of 2016, mostly due to strong shipments for smartphones, stable growth in SSD demand and the increase in the average NAND flash density in eMMC and eMCP devices.

DRAMeXchange said that prices of NAND flash chips and wafers sold in the channel markets have reached their highest levels for 2016 in the fourth quarter.

In the contract market, prices of eMMC and UFS devices have risen 9-13 per cent in the fourth quarter, while prices of enterprise- and client-grade SSDs have gone up 5-10 per cent compared to the prior quarter.

Sean Yang, research director of DRAMeXchange said that from the supply side, the industry-wide transition to 3D-NAND is now moving at full speed.

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