DRAM And NAND Prices Fall

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https://www.tomshardware.com/news/dram-f...40184.html

It seems like power outages are the only thing capable of stopping the flash market's decline. DRAMeXchange said in two reports this week that DRAM prices fell nearly 10% in 2Q19 as supply continued to outpace demand, but NAND prices remained flat, thanks at least partly to a June power outage at Toshiba's production facility that reduced supply just enough for prices to stay the same quarter-over-quarter.
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The firm said it expects DRAM prices to continue to fall in the third quarter of 2019. Consumer demand isn't expected to rise enough for suppliers to work through existing DRAM inventories, meaning suppliers are likely to see further price drops in the next quarter. Until consumer demand rises across several markets, from smartphones to PCs, flash memory pricing seems unlikely to stop its decline.
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But it's not all sunshine and rainbows for NAND suppliers. DRAMeXchange said the production delays caused by Toshiba's power outage might have led to higher prices if companies weren't sitting on stockpiles of NAND. The firm also said that in Q3 of this year "demand will probably be weaker than previous years due to the geo-economical conflicts," presumably referring to the trade war between the U.S. and China.