Monday, November 5th 2018
Hold on to Your $: DRAM Pricing Now Expected to Drop Towards, Into 2019
A DRAM market pricing watch report from DRAMeXchange, a division of Trendforce, has just outed a prediction for DRAM price drops towards 2019 and into the same year. The report points to already-decreased by 10.14% pricing (US$34.5 in 3Q18 to the current US$31) for 4GB PC DRAM modules in the market, relative to the previous quarter, as a sign for continued drops. 8 GB DRAM module pricing has declined by 10.29%, signaling an increased inventory of those parts.
The report also states that suppliers have just reached the inflection point for oversupply, despite continued efforts from manufacturers to artificially decrease manufacturing to keep a strain on demand. The report further states that "The ASP in the whole DRAM market is forecast to fall by as much as around 20% YoY in 2019, according to DRAMeXchange's latest analysis. After reaching peak profit in 3Q18, DRAM suppliers are now optimizing their costs so that they will have a soft landing in 2019 as prices are marked down every quarter."
Source:
DRAMeXchange
The report also states that suppliers have just reached the inflection point for oversupply, despite continued efforts from manufacturers to artificially decrease manufacturing to keep a strain on demand. The report further states that "The ASP in the whole DRAM market is forecast to fall by as much as around 20% YoY in 2019, according to DRAMeXchange's latest analysis. After reaching peak profit in 3Q18, DRAM suppliers are now optimizing their costs so that they will have a soft landing in 2019 as prices are marked down every quarter."
22 Comments on Hold on to Your $: DRAM Pricing Now Expected to Drop Towards, Into 2019
Today @ Amazon 130.91$
2x more expensive
20% less -26$+130=100$ still 38$ more expensive than 2 years ago..<---And that maybe just maybe..
The 3 rules of Capitalism 101:
1. Supply
2. Demand
3. Supply and demand.....
"Oh, I'm sorry" *rubs nipples*
Some company that would make some HBM ram memory sticks or something throwing everyone into a frenzy.
So naturally nothing interesting is happening right now on RAM market to be honest, just price stagnating due to a very stable Supply/Demand line.
For example:
16gb Gskill Ripjaws 3200MHz have reached 135 euros. It was 160 euros a couple of months ago.
16gb Corsair Vengeance LPX 3000MHz are now at 128 euros. It was 170 euros at July.
I am hoping they will drop more so i can "hit" a set of TridentZ RGB. :)