Although there are price increases due to some foundries such as TSMC on the production side, DRAM average prices continue to decrease due to swelling stocks. In the rest of the year, the decline expectation rates of the analyzes have increased even more.
A pleasing development in DRAM prices
According to the analysis made by TrendForce, it was decided to cut the price due to the large stocks in the hands of South Korean manufacturers. In addition to South Korean producers, other small-scale producers are also planning to follow this path.
Intel graphics department is in trouble
Analysis predicted a 13 percent decrease in DRAM prices in the second quarter of the year, but with the last evaluation, a decrease of 18 percent was expected at most. In the last quarter of the year, the peak expectation, which was 5 percent, was reduced to 8 percent.
Last year, the average price of DDR3 memory rose sharply, as the production of DDR3 memory began to dwindle but demand was high. This year, the increase in the transition to DDR4 technology has reduced the pressure on DDR3. The downward trend is expected to continue next year as well.