As the eurozone debt crisis will continue to affect global economics in the second half of 2012, NAND flash industry vendors are concerned that the traditional peak sales season for consumer electronics will be weaker than usual.
In 2012, affected by global economic factors such as the eurozone debt crisis, concerns towards China’s decelerating economy, and slow economic recovery in the U.S., shipments for major ICT and consumer electronics product did not meet projections from the beginning of the year.
According to DRAMeXchange, a research division of TrendForce, in 1HJul. DRAM contract price trend fell for the first time this year; average 4GB chip price was US$20.25, representing a 4.71% decrease, and lowest traded price was US$20 even. Average 2GB chip price remained around US$11.25.
According to DRAMeXchange, a research division of TrendForce, since the beginning of June, to meet system clients’ inventory replenishment demand for certain new products hitting the market in the third quarter, NAND Flash suppliers have been strategically reducing the production ratio of TLC products for th
Whether in regards to Wintel-promoted ultrabooks and Windows 8 or Apple’s iPad and iPhone, devices across the board are showing increased demand for improved multimedia quality, operating systems, and cross-platform applications. With better efficiency and performance, quad-core technology is the future for processors.