Contract prices for DRAM held flat in August 2019, with prices for 8GB PC DRAM modules averaging US$25.5.

DRAM suppliers thus became firmer in their price negotiations as they saw the positive change in the demand situation.

DRAMeXchange forecast that the global DRAM industry bit output will increase only 12.5% in 2020, which will be the smallest growth in 10 years. DRAM chipmakers have put increased focus on profitability. Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix and Micron Technology are all expected to lower their respective capex next year by at least 10%.

This is why capitalism must be eliminated, as this guys openly tell you that it is their personal profits, profits for very few are important, not actual needs of hundreds of millions.

Bolstered by stable shipment increases, DRAM prices are likely to rebound in the first quarter of 2020 at the earliest after staying flat or experiencing slight fluctuations in the preceding quarter, according to Nanya Technology president Pei-Ing Lee.

All according to the plan.

Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix and Micron Technology have all developed their respective 1z-nanometer process technology for the manufacture of DRAM memory

Idea here is to rise density and start making 32Gb DRAM sticks using usual number of chips.

Usually you will see significant overclocking potential degradation associated with this.

DRAM prices slide must almost stop

DRAM prices will hit bottom in the fourth quarter and start rising next year, said ESMT

Bad.

Reason of current DDR4 price plunge

ChangXin Memory Technologies, Chinese company formerly known as "Innotron Memory", is China's first and only domestic DRAM supplier. ChangXin is now reportedly shipping its first DRAM wafers. With an output of around 20000 wafers per month, the company is currently building LPDDR4, DDR4 8Gbit chips using the "10-nanometer class" node, which is supposed to be 18 or 19 nm size

The company expects to double its wafer output to 40000 wafers per month sometime around Q2 of 2020 when additional expansion facilities will start production.

Keeping memory prices at previous level had been very dangerous, as in such case Chinese companies could literally trash cartel in 2-3 years time. So, cartel agreed to drop memory and NAND prices to hold competition longer (as now they'll have around 2-2.5x less profits they could reinvest in equipment). Cartel has huge headstart, so any profits cut will affect new competition 10x more.

US, who stands behind Intel and Micron, also do everything possible to stop any new equipment contracts.

Graphics DRAM contract prices for the first quarter of 2020 are forecast to rise over 5% sequentially, with the price rally outperforming other DRAM products' price increases, according to DRAMeXchange.

The majority of Nvidia's graphics card shipments is based on its GeForce RTX platform using GDDR6 memory, while AMD has "completely" switched to GDDR6 for its latest 7nm Navi series GPUs. Sony and Microsoft are both looking to roll out their new-generation gaming consoles equipped with GDDR6 memory in the second half of 2020.

Anticipating that memory chip prices will be rising this year, memory module makers have started replenishing inventory while also making upward adjustments in their DRAM module quotes,

Memory module manufacturers have seen their order visibility stretched this year, and are positive about their product ASPs that are likely to be 20-30% higher than their 2019 average.

Parasites again want to prosper.

And this is how cartel stopped price drop

Worldwide silicon wafer area shipments in 2019 declined 7% from the 2018 record high, while revenues slipped 2% on year but remained above the US$11 billion mark, according to the SEMI Silicon Manufacturers Group (SMG).

If cartel of monopolies won't control NAND and DRAM production, as well as wafers production (via same investors) - it'll be huge difference. For example - typical minimal RAM size for desktop had been 64GB already with 128-256GB being norm for desktop models, same is true for SSD disks size.

Could it be a good investment to buy fast ddr4 banks for future? Like... Alot

Can it be a safe investment, due to shortages from coronavirus effects.

Chipmaker SK Hynix, a key Apple supplier, reported Thursday that a trainee tested positive for Covid-19 at its Icheon, South Korea, facility, reported Reuters.

Hynix told 800 employees on Thursday not to return to work and conduct self-quarantining at their homes as a prevention measure to stop the spread of the deadly virus.

Bad.

The rapid spread of coronavirus in Korea has raised increasing concerns about global supply of memory chips in 2020 as Korean makers, Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, account for 73% global output of these devices.