NAND Shortage Alert: Are Dirt Cheap SSDs in Peril?

SSD costs have decreased significantly, with many 1TB SSDs currently being less expensive than 1TB HDDs

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Digitimes story claims that controller manufacturer Phison is implying that there could soon be a shortage of the raw materials required to create NAND chips

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Prepaying its chip vendors to guarantee it has a enough supply of NAND chips, Phison, a manufacturer of memory controllers for SSDs (including a majority of PCIe 5.0 SSDs), is taking precautions against an impending shortage

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Since the COVID-19 epidemic, the SSD industry has suffered a decline in demand; yet, in 2023, SSD prices may have dropped at the fastest rate ever

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Many SSDs that gained popularity due to their low cost such as Solidigm’s P41 Plus 1TB are now hard to come by, let alone at the extremely low prices observed in recent months

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The prepayment alone will probably increase the price of NAND chips, and a scarcity would undoubtedly lead to a sharp increase in SSD costs in the future

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NAND crisis appears to be ending since prices are rising due to a shortage of supply For More Details Govindhtech.com

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