The continuously falling iPhone shipments have caused the global memory output in Q1 to drop by 25.5% from the previous quarter...
Impacted by the effect of the slow season, the NAND Flash memory chip market was characterized largely by supply exceeding demand during the first quarter. In the first quarter, Enterprise-SSD contract prices fell below 10% on a quarterly basis...
According to DRAMeXchange, a division of global market research firm TrendForce, global smartphone shipment volume reached...
Mobile DRAM revenue slowed in the first quarter of 2016. As the second half of the year is traditionally strong for smartphone shipments, mobile DRAM industry value fell by a mere 1% in the fourth quarter...
Affected by unfavorable macroeconomic conditions worldwide, the NAND flash market remained in oversupply in the fourth quarter of 2015. eMMC and client SSD prices fell by 10-12% QoQ...
As mobile DRAM was more resistant to price decline than other memory products and bit supply continues to rise, mobile memory accounted for 40% of total DRAM revenue in the third quarter, up from 33.7% the previous quarter...
As the result of unusually weak demand in the peak sales season, NAND flash market oversupply continued in the third quarter. SSD and eMMC prices fell by 10% QoQ, while average chip contract price decreased by 6-7% QoQ, a larger decline than in the second quarter...
As mobile DRAM is less affected by price decline than other types of memory, total revenue reached US$3.851 billion in the second quarter, a 7.7% QoQ increase. Mobile DRAM revenue accounted for 33.7% of total DRAM sales, up from 30% in the first quarter. Bit supply in the second quarter came mostly from Korean manufacturer Samsung, whose Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge hit shelves in the second quarter...
As the debt crisis in Greece continues to affect recovery of the euro and weak financial markets influence demand in China, NAND flash demand was softer than expected in the second quarter. Contract chips, eMMC, and client SSD all showed declining price trends as the NAND flash market remained in oversupply in the second quarter...
Since the second half of 2013, China has been accelerating the development of its 4G market. In addition to building base stations and other network infrastructure, the government has enlisted aggressive solutions suppliers like Marvell and Qualcomm to help bring the supply chain into the 4G generation...