According to TrendForce's latest memory spot price trend report, regarding DRAM, with Samsung pausing DDR4 consumer chip price hikes in March, increases are expected to stall briefly before picking up again in 2Q26. Meanwhile, in terms of NAND, with the expectation on significant increases on contra...

Amid the ongoing global memory shortage, Chinese memory makers are pushing aggressively to capture a bigger slice of the market. According to Tom’s Hardware, YMTC, the nation’s NAND heavyweight, has officially entered the PCIe 5.0 SSD arena with its first commercial offering, the PC550. Accor...

According to TrendForce's latest memory spot price trend report, regarding DRAM, as current spot prices remain higher than contract prices, and negotiations for 2Q26 pricing have not yet started, an overall wait-and-see atmosphere prevails. Meanwhile, NAND spot prices maintain an upward trend, climb...

Following the lead of major NAND players like Sandisk, Taiwanese NAND Flash controller maker Phison Technology informed customers in late February of updated payment terms, requiring either prepayment or shorter payment cycles, according to Commercial Times and ijiwei. The company, according to t...

Amid tightening memory supply, cutting MLC NAND output is becoming a clear trend among major memory makers—but Samsung’s 2D NAND era could end sooner than expected. According to The Elec, the company may halt 2D NAND production at Hwaseong Line 12 as early as March and converting the facility in...