Average SSD prices will continue to drop another 8-13% in the third quarter of 2023. This is by TrendForce analysts. blog companies.
According to experts, companies continue to jointly reduce their production capacity, but the market situation still will not allow them to stop the price decline. Flash drives based on non-volatile NAND memory will also become cheaper – experts are sure by 3-8%.
TrendForce acknowledged that prices will stabilize in the fourth quarter. Analysts explained that in the third quarter the market was still oversupplied – the number of buyers interested in buying SSD drives is not so significant yet.
Experts also noted that the influx of orders from Chinese government agencies and telecom operators could spur growth in the supply of SSD drives for corporate purposes. This will potentially lead to higher sales figures close to the fourth quarter of 2023.
SSD drives have become popular among PC and laptop owners as they have speed advantages over hard drives or HDD drives. However, for many years SSDs were thought to be more expensive than HDDs.
Sean Rosemary, Vice President of R&D at Pure Storage, said that traditional hard drives will be available after 2028. to disappear completely they will be replaced with cheaper SSDs from sale.
Earlier, journalists reported that SSD storage cost sank to save levels