[Insights] Memory Spot Price Update: DDR4 and DDR5 Extend Gains, Though Higher Quotes Temper Procurement Demand

According to TrendForce’s latest memory spot price trend report, in terms of DRAM, DDR4 and DDR5 spot prices continued to rise, with both segments posting notable gains. However, buyers remained cautious amid higher supplier quotes. In the NAND flash segment, spot quotations would continue to slump in the short term with major buy orders nowhere to be seen. Details are as follows:

DRAM Spot Price:

Building on last week’s momentum, spot prices on the whole have maintained an upward trajectory, with prices of both DDR4 and DDR5 chips registering notable gains. Despite the overall price increases, suppliers’ higher quotes have made buyers hesitant to chase further increases, thereby limiting actual procurement demand. The average spot price of mainstream chips (i.e., DDR4 1Gx8 3200MT/s) has increased by 3.57% from US$33.6 last week to US$34.8 this week.

NAND Flash Spot Price:

Continuing from clients’ profound wait-and-see sentiment last week, the spot market still lacks momentum this week, where the sizable differences towards price consensus between market participants are unable to actuate procurement. There have only been sporadic transactions thus far, with major buy orders nowhere to be seen, which also indicates how spot quotations would continue to slump in the short term. Spot prices of 512Gb TLC wafers climbed by 0.22% this week, arriving at US$20.683.