SSD prices fell this week
The price of the SSD market fell sharply this week, with the prevailing TLC SSD 120GB capacity dropping from $38 to $36.5, down 3.9%. The price of 240GB fell from $67 to $65, down 3%.
There are three main reasons for this week's decline in SSD prices: first, manufacturers go to inventory. In 2017, the end of the year, by the end of the year, some of the channel dealers began to destock, resulting in an increase in the market supply and the sustained decline in the market price of SSD. Secondly, the high cost and other factors have caused the market demand to remain depressed, and the price of SSD continues to decline.
The third and most important reason is that some cheap, low-quality SSDS are heavily used in the market, leading to an increase in SSD prices. Review of SSD market nearly two years, in 2016 due to the NAND Flash market out of stock, the mainstream SSD prices rose more than 50%, 2017 NAND Flash supply shortage in the market not completely relieve, SSD prices rose 20% in the first half of the year again, nearly rose more than 80% a year.
As mainstream SSD prices continue to rise and increase, the high cost factors affect the low demand of the market and provide a breeding ground for some cheap and low-quality SSDS. Under the bad money drive out good effect, and the low quality SSD under the impact of lower prices, not only affects the SSD the healthy growth of the market, also has brought a formal chip SSD product sales a lot of pressure, and influence the SSD prices decline significantly.
Although SSD has been trending down in the second half of 2017, at the current SSD price, the price of 120GB SSD is unchanged from the beginning of the year, and still higher than the average price of 18.7% in 2016. The price of 240GB is still slightly higher than the $1 price at the beginning of the year, which is higher than the average price of 21.5% in 2016.
That is to say, the market price of SSD is still relatively high, and it may continue for some time before the original 3D NAND production can be sent to the market. But it won't last long, because the original 3D NAND is gradually expanding its production capacity and is actively supplying customers, hoping to ease the market condition.
There are three main reasons for this week's decline in SSD prices: first, manufacturers go to inventory. In 2017, the end of the year, by the end of the year, some of the channel dealers began to destock, resulting in an increase in the market supply and the sustained decline in the market price of SSD. Secondly, the high cost and other factors have caused the market demand to remain depressed, and the price of SSD continues to decline.
The third and most important reason is that some cheap, low-quality SSDS are heavily used in the market, leading to an increase in SSD prices. Review of SSD market nearly two years, in 2016 due to the NAND Flash market out of stock, the mainstream SSD prices rose more than 50%, 2017 NAND Flash supply shortage in the market not completely relieve, SSD prices rose 20% in the first half of the year again, nearly rose more than 80% a year.
As mainstream SSD prices continue to rise and increase, the high cost factors affect the low demand of the market and provide a breeding ground for some cheap and low-quality SSDS. Under the bad money drive out good effect, and the low quality SSD under the impact of lower prices, not only affects the SSD the healthy growth of the market, also has brought a formal chip SSD product sales a lot of pressure, and influence the SSD prices decline significantly.
Although SSD has been trending down in the second half of 2017, at the current SSD price, the price of 120GB SSD is unchanged from the beginning of the year, and still higher than the average price of 18.7% in 2016. The price of 240GB is still slightly higher than the $1 price at the beginning of the year, which is higher than the average price of 21.5% in 2016.
That is to say, the market price of SSD is still relatively high, and it may continue for some time before the original 3D NAND production can be sent to the market. But it won't last long, because the original 3D NAND is gradually expanding its production capacity and is actively supplying customers, hoping to ease the market condition.