More pain to come for NAND Flash manufacturers?
January 24, 2025
Industry continues belt-tightening in bid to balance market in 2025
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NAND flash manufacturers to cut production in 2025
January 22, 2025
The NAND Flash industry will continue to struggle with weak demand and oversupply in 2025, according to TrendForce. To address this, manufacturers like Micron, Kioxia/SanDisk, Samsung, and SK hynix/Solidigm plan to cut production, which could lead to further industry consolidation over time.
Enterprise SSD demand soars while consumer orders lag
November 28, 2024
TrendForce’s latest findings have shown that the NAND Flash industry recorded a 2% QoQ decline in bit shipments in 3Q24, but a 7% rise in ASP boosted overall revenue to USD 17.6 billion—making a 4.8% QoQ increase.
Is Tesla in talks with SK Hynix for $725 million eSSD order?
October 28, 2024
Tesla has pledged to invest USD 10 billion every year in building its AI supercomputer, Dojo, for which the US carmaker needs fast and large capacity drives to improve the system’s efficiency.
SK hynix opens office in Poland
October 08, 2024
South Korean memory manufacturer is opening a research and development center in Gdańsk, Poland.
NAND Flash shipments growth slows in 2Q24
September 10, 2024
TrendForce reports that NAND Flash prices continued to rise in 2Q24 as server inventory adjustments neared completion and AI spurred demand for high-capacity storage products. However, high inventory levels among PC and smartphone buyers led to a 1% QoQ decline in NAND Flash bit shipments.
AI demand drives growth in QLC enterprise SSD shipments
April 23, 2024
North American customers are increasing their orders for storage products as energy efficiency becomes a key priority for AI inference servers.
NAND Flash industry revenue grows 24.5% in Q423
March 06, 2024
TrendForce reports a substantial 24.5% QoQ increase in NAND Flash industry revenue, hitting USD 11.49 billion in 4Q23.
NAND Flash industry revenue grows 2.9% in 3Q23
December 05, 2023
TrendForce reports a pivotal shift in the NAND Flash market for 3Q23, primarily driven by Samsung’s strategic decision to reduce production.
Solidigm shuts down South Korean unit
September 19, 2023
Amid a sluggish NAND market Solidigm, a US-based memory chip company under the SK hynix banner, has shut down its unit in South Korea.
Q2 NAND flash revenue up 7.4%
September 14, 2023
TrendForce’s latest research paints a vivid picture: Q2 saw the NAND Flash market still grappling with lackluster demand and being significantly outpaced by supply. The ASP of NAND Flash also took a hit, tumbling 10–15%.
Slump in both volume and price leads to enterprise SSD revenue falling by nearly half
June 06, 2023
TrendForce reports that an amalgamation of off-season effects and high inflation caused a slump in purchasing enthusiasm in markets like North American server ODM and China. This led to a surge in Q1 inventory levels for enterprise SSD suppliers, contrary to the anticipated reduction.
Total NAND Flash revenue falls 16.1% in 1Q23
June 01, 2023
TrendForce’s recent analysis reveals that purchasing momentum in the NAND Flash market has decelerated during 1Q23.
Global NAND flash revenue reports 25% QoQ decline in 4Q22
March 17, 2023
TrendForce’s latest investigations reveal that the global NAND Flash market has been facing a demand headwind since 2H22. In response, the supply chain has been scrambling to clear out inventory, driving down NAND Flash contract prices by 20–25%.
Revenue from enterprise SSDs totaled just $3.79 billion for 4Q22
March 13, 2023
Looking back at 2H22, as server OEMs slowed down the momentum of their product shipments, Chinese server buyers also held a conservative outlook on future demand and focused on inventory reduction. Thus, the flow of orders for enterprise SSDs remained sluggish.
Enterprise SSD revenue slid to $5.22 billion in 3Q22 – will fall by 20% in 4Q22
December 05, 2022
TrendForce reports that the recent easing of tight supply for components has led to rising shipments for enterprise servers.
Added pressure on China – US restrictions now include memory
October 10, 2022
The U.S. Department of Commerce announced new semiconductor restrictions on October 7 in the United States. In addition to existing restrictions on the logic IC sector, this new update extends to the memory category.
Supplier pricing clash crashes prices to reduce inventory
September 26, 2022
According to TrendForce research, NAND Flash is currently oversupplied. Buyers started focusing on destocking and greatly reducing purchases in 2H22 while sellers began offering rock-bottom prices to shore up purchase orders, causing wafer pricing to drop by 30-35% in 3Q22.
Mouser adds 35+ new manufacturer brands to its line card
September 23, 2022
Mouser Electronics continues to expand its line card by adding 36 new manufacturers through the end of August 2022.
Solidigm to build US R&D facility, adds 1,900 jobs
September 15, 2022
Semiconductor company Solidigm has announced a research and development facility in Rancho Cordova, California, which will be home to 1,900 jobs in Greater Sacramento
Total 2Q22 NAND flash revenue increases 1.1% QoQ
September 02, 2022
According to TrendForce research, NAND Flash contract pricing increased by approximately 3-8% in 2Q22 due to Kioxia’s raw material contamination incident.
2Q22 enterprise SSD revenue growth to reach 31% QoQ
August 29, 2022
According to TrendForce research, material supply improvement and spiking demand for enterprise SSDs from North American hyperscale data center and enterprise clients in 2Q22 coupled with the Kioxia contamination incident in 1Q22 prompted customers to ramp up procurement to avoid future supply shortages.
Rising demand drive 14.1% QoQ enterprise SSD revenue growth
May 26, 2022
According to TrendForce research, North American data centers saw an improvement in components supply after February, driving a recovery in purchase order volume.
Weakened demand and falling prices lead to NAND flash revenue decline
May 25, 2022
As manufacturers actively shifted production capacity to 128 layer products, the market turned to oversupply, resulting in a drop in contract prices in 1Q22, among which the decline in consumer-grade products was more pronounced, according to TrendForce research.
NAND Flash pricing to gain 5~10% in 2Q22
March 30, 2022
Market intelligence provider TrendForce expects the pricing of NAND Flash to increase 5~10% in 2Q22 in the wake of raw material contamination at Kioxia and WDC in early February.
Total NAND Flash revenue drops 2.1% QoQ in 4Q21
February 22, 2022
In 4Q21, NAND Flash bit shipments grew by only 3.3% QoQ, a significant decrease from the nearly 10% in 3Q21, according to TrendForce’s investigations.
Intel Sells SSD business and Dalian facility to SK hynix
December 30, 2021
The US chipmaker says that it has completed its first closing in the sale of its NAND and SSD business to SK hynix.
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