Monthly Memory & Flash Market Watch

Kioxia sampling upcoming CD9P series 2.5-Inch EDSFF/E3.S up to 61.44TB SSDs for data center

• The CD9P Series leverages Kioxia’s most advanced 3D flash memory to date (BiCS8), featuring a CBA-based architecture that reduces heat generation, enhances thermal management, and delivers greater overall value through improved performance, power metrics and total cost of ownership. The 15.36TB CD9P delivers approximately 60% and 45% improvements in sequential RW speeds/watt compared to the previous-gen SSD. It also achieves gains of approximately 55% and 100% in random RW performance per watt, measured in thousands of IOs (KIOs), respectively.

SK hynix, Micron push DDR4 last buys as phase-out boosts Q3 Prices

• DDR4 is experiencing the largest price hikes in the spot market, with modules surpassing chips in terms of price increases, a substantial portion of older processor platforms and device models still need DDR4 for memory support.

• Both SK hynix and Micron are actively negotiating last-time buy agreements with customers. The average spot price of mainstream chips (1Gx8 3,200MT/s) has increased by 22.2% in Jun. 2H.