11-10-2016, 10:24 PM
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/cruc...764-3.html
Quote:We are currently in the middle of a NAND shortage due to the slower than expected transition to 3D NAND, new smartphones with increased capacity, and an assortment of flash-powered products coming to market. One company representative told me just days ago that, in his opinion, this is the worst shortage we've ever had.
If you follow the SSD market, then you already know that retail product prices have held steady or increased over the last few months. This time of year, we normally see a 15% price drop across the board for consumer SSDs, but I'm skeptical that will happen. We have good news for 2017, though; if you are shopping for a high-capacity SSD, you will have a wider selection. Intel and Micron will release the second generation IMFT 3D NAND with a staggering 768Gbit of capacity per die, which is twice the density of what we examined with the MX300. That should help to increase the number of bits shipped into the market, which will simultaneously decrease the price of high-capacity products positioned for the mainstream.