Flash memory market experience aftershocks

It is understood that due to the impact of the earthquake in Japan, the current global flash market prices have risen by about 20%, while the domestic flash memory prices have risen higher, and consumers are currently very aware of the problems such as U disk and other storage device price increases.

Taking the MP4 memory card as an example, the store in Nanjing Huahai 3C Digital Plaza stated that after the earthquake in Japan, the original 25-30 4G memory card has risen to 35-40 yuan. And does not rule out the possibility of further price increases.

Although Toshiba Corporation, a major supplier of flash memory chips, was not directly affected by the earthquake and tsunami, the upstream materials such as wafers, photoresists, chemical slurry, palladium, and nitrogen were all affected by the earthquake. In the face of the vendor's shutdown, NAND Flash may face tight supply in the coming May.

Although there are media reports that in addition to the production decline caused by the earthquake in Japan, there is still speculation of domestic hot money, which pulled up gains. However, as a direct result of the earthquake, the price of a product related to flash memory as an essential component is expected to continue at a higher price in the coming period.

As I pad and I pad2 necessary components NAND Flash, due to the decline in production, is expected to give priority to supply Apple's demand, the impact of other related companies may be will be relatively large. In addition, according to several domestic well-known brand names of portable products, such as the Blue Devils, due to stable supply channels and other factors, their end products are less affected by the increase in the price of flash memory, and the prices will not be subject to significant fluctuations.

In addition, as a well-known brand of flash memory products, Boshi said that in order to effectively protect consumers' demand for professional-grade high-quality flash memory products, the price and volume of their flash memory products will be regulated to ensure that consumers are normal. At the same time of purchasing demand, it effectively protects dealers' normal supply of goods.