[Insights] Memory Spot Price Update: DRAM Spot Market Rebound Unlikely by Year-end

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According to TrendForce’s latest memory spot price trend report, regarding DRAM, trading volumes in the spot market continues to fall during China’s National Day Golden Week, while a rebound is unlikely before the year’s end. As for NAND flash, buyers’ reluctance towards procurement has further exacerbated the excessive provision within the market. Details are as follows:

DRAM Spot Price:

It is now China’s National Day Golden Week, so trading volumes in the spot market continues to fall. Furthermore, some module houses are keen to lower their inventory levels, thus pushing spot prices to go down further. The supply-demand dynamics of the spot market remains unchanged, and a rebound is unlikely before the year’s end. The average spot price of mainstream chips (i.e., DDR4 1Gx8 2666MT/s) has dropped by 0.26% from US$1.934 last week to US$1.929 this week.

NAND Flash Spot Price:

The spot market was seen with sluggishness in transactions as buyers had not raised their willingness in stocking amidst the National Day holiday of China. Several suppliers are obviously selling their products at lower unit prices this week as sales pressure continues to envelop the entire market, which however has yet to alleviate the overall status, where buyers’ reluctance towards procurement has only further exacerbated the excessive provision within the market. Spot prices of 512Gb TLC wafers have dropped by 0.58% this week, arriving at US$2.595.