[Insights] Memory Spot Price Update: DRAM Spot Trading Remains Subdued, with DDR3 and 4Gb DDR4 Edging Higher

According to TrendForce’s latest memory spot price trend report, in terms of DRAM, the overall spot trading volume remains rather limited, with DDR3 and 4Gb DDR4 chip prices rising slightly. In NAND Flash, suppliers are alleviating quotations continuously to adjust inventory, though overall stocking activities among buyers have become extremely passive, with 512Gb TLC wafer spot prices down 2.87%. Details are as follows:

DRAM Spot Price:

Following last week’s market situation, prices of DDR3 and 4Gb DDR4 chips have risen slightly, while prices of mainstream chips like the DDR4 1Gx8 have stayed relatively flat. The overall spot trading volume remains rather limited as most buyers adopt a wait-and-see approach. The average spot price of mainstream chips (i.e., DDR4 1Gx8 3200MT/s) increased by 2.88% from US$36.10 last week (July 1) to US$37.14 this week (July 7).

NAND Flash Spot Price:

As for spots, market demand and prices continue to hit rock bottom due to the withering level of consumer products. Suppliers are alleviating their quotations continuously to adjust inventory, though overall stocking activities among buyers have become extremely passive as they are no longer willing to just take on any orders, having reached the limit of cost tolerance. Spots remain sluggish in performance without substantial buy orders within the market, thus fully depriving prices from momentum of increment, with overall trend leaning continuously towards the weaker end. Spot prices for 512Gb TLC dropped by 2.87% this week (July 6), arriving at US$19.293.