Monthly Memory & Flash Market Watch

Samsung in mass production of LPDDR5X DRAM packages for on-device AI

• The 12nm ultra-slim DRAM sets a new standard for high-performance on-device AI solutions, offering superior LPDDR performance and advanced thermal management in an ultra-compact package that can create additional space within mobile devices, therefore facilitating better airflow.

Kioxia aims to list in October in biggest IPO this year, aiming to achieve a $10.3 billion market capitalization

• The listing application comes after Kioxia and WDC decided to halt merger talks in 2023, yet the firm plans to resume talks after the listing as the move is expected to undermine SK Hynix's influence.

WD announces enterprise 128TB SSD, 8TB SD cards, and a 16TB external SSD at FMS 2024

• The BiCS8 QLC 128TB eSSD has great benefit for the data demands of AI, ML, and LLMs.

SK hynix develops 6th-gen 10nm-class DDR5 with the world's first 16Gb DRAM modules

• This 6th-gen DDR5 DRAM is an evolution over its 1b process node, which is dubbed 1c process and built on 10nm lithography. The 1c process is reportedly 11% faster than its previous-generation counterpart and 9% more energy efficient. Thanks to the power efficiency of its 6th Gen 1c process, SK hynix believes data centers’ electricity bills can be reduced by up to 30%.

Micron sampling PCIe Gen5 U.2, E1./E3.S form factors data center SSD with workload performance for AI and beyond

• The 9550 NVMe SSD is assumed to be the world’s fastest data center SSD and industry leader in AI workload performance and power efficiency: sequential R/W speed up to 14/10 GB/s, random R/W speed up to 3,300/400K IOPS, consuming up to 43% less power than comparable SSDs in AI workloads.

SUPPLY TREND

2024-2025 Worldwide SSD Shipment

WW SSD demand is expected to reach a peak in the end of 2024, and 2025 general shipping status is likely to stay above 2024’s quarterly level

2024-2025 Worldwide DRAM Output

DRAM production for all applications resumed in 2024/B, 2025 general output status is likely to stay above 2024’s quarterly level.

2024-2025 NAND Price Trend & Sufficiency Ratio

maintained at a low level since 2024/B

Price Trend: NAND flash price will trend stable until 1Q25, and will experience a gradual hike in quarters afterward in demand peak seasons

2024-2025 DDR4 Price Trend & Sufficiency Ratio

DRAM Sufficiency: maintained at extreme low level throughout 2024
Price Trend: 8Gb contract price had a strong rebound in 2Q24 and another wave of hikes is possible in Q4’24. General price level has a relatively large gap from the lowest spot price level

SUPPLY SIGNAL

	Type	Supply	Price
DRAM Module	DDR3	●	▂
	DDR4	●	▂
	DDR5	●	▂
Flash Storage	SLC	●	▂
	MLC	●	▂
	3D TLC (BiCS3) *Limited Supply. We encourage you to migrate to BiCS5	●	▂
	3D TLC (BiCS4) * Tight supply. We encourage you to migrate to BICS5.	●	▂
	3D TLC (BiCS5)	●	▂