It has nearly tripled in two months! Samsung consumer-grade memory and SSD supplies are in short supply

[ Gearbest Technology News]Recently, the prices of Samsung's consumer-grade DRAM memory and solid-state drive (SSD) products have increased dramatically. The prices of some models have doubled or even nearly tripled in just two months. At the same time, the market is facing a serious supply shortage.

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According to Korean media citing industry sources, Samsung's DDR5 16GB-5600 memory module (DIMM) for consumer PCs has sold for more than 400,000 won this month, while the price in November last year was only over 100,000 won, an increase of nearly three times. The supply is also extremely limited. The maximum daily shipment volume of DDR5 8GB and 16GB products for PC is only 10 units, which means that even if there are orders, all orders cannot be fulfilled.

SSD has also seen an astonishing rise. The price of the 1TB model of Samsung's external SSD T7 has risen from around 140,000 won in November last year to more than 280,000 won currently. The price of built-in M.2 NVMe SSD such as the “9100 Pro” 2TB model has also increased from more than 300,000 won to about 600,000 won. Multiple channels stated that the inventory of related products is extremely tight, with only 1-2 models left in stock, and bulk purchases are not possible.

This situation of “hard to find” consumer products is mainly due to Samsung's adjustment of production focus. Channel dealers pointed out that due to the strong demand brought by artificial intelligence (AI), Samsung has concentrated its production resources on more profitable enterprise-level products since December last year, resulting in poor supply of consumer-level products. Others believe that supply difficulties of some key components have also affected production capacity.

Analysis by market research firm TrendForce confirms this trend. It pointed out that the strong demand for AI and enterprise-level SSD has pushed up the price of NAND flash memory wafers, and major manufacturers are strictly controlling production capacity and giving priority to the production of high-specification products. The agency expects that the current seller-dominated market situation and supply shortage will continue, and the upward price trend will continue in the short term.

Previously, it was reported that Samsung’s official agents informed customers that “the prices of all memory products will be increased by up to 80%.” However, industry insiders close to Samsung clarified that although supply prices have indeed increased, the statement that “prices for the entire product line have increased by 80%” is not true.

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