Arrr! Brace yerself, matey! This year, ye'll be shelling out a pretty penny for SSD cards - let me tell ye why!
2024-01-02
Avast ye, me hearties! Apologies be in order, but mark ye well, for the prices of SSDs be bound to ascend to dizzying heights this year, as them scurvy manufacturers be raisin' the market prices fer these precious components. Fair winds to ye, savvy shoppers!
In the vernacular of a 17th century pirate, ye can expect the price of SSD and HDD cards to increase dramatically! Arr, it be all because of the skyrocketin' costs of TLC NAND. This Triple-level cell NAND flash memory for SSD and HDDs be seein' a price surge of up to 120% in just two years! Aye, that be a mighty steep price to pay.Reports from Wccftech show that the wholesale market pricin' be reachin' $25.5 per unit for 256GB and a whopping $48.5 per unit for 512GB! With such demand bein' on the decline, companies have no choice but to raise prices significantly. Economic Daily News predicts a need for a 40% increase in prices to maintain profitability, but future price hikes may need to be even higher, at least 50% or more. In fact, manufacturers like Phison and Western Digital have already raised NAND flash prices by a staggering 55% over consecutive quarters.
As ye might guess, this means the price of SSD and HDD will also be takin' a sharp rise. So if ye be wantin' to invest in next-gen storage solutions, now be the time to dive in before the market prices be reflectin' this new reality. But be warned, mateys, this spike in pricing be happenin' just when we be seein' some serious advances in speed and memory size. Micron's 3500 1TB SSD be boastin' sequential reads and writes of up to 7,000 MB/s and 6,900 MB/s respectively. And there be talk of Samsung's Petabyte SSD on the horizon!
But alas, these price hikes could seriously hamper the development of these impressive SSD cards. The new technology was already expected to be pricey, but now the potential MSRP be too steep for many to afford. If ye can't handle the high cost, it be wise to look for the best cheap SSD deals instead. Most folks don't be needin' all that memory and speed anyway. Arr, it be a tough pill to swallow, but that be the reality of the situation. Now set sail, me hearties, and may ye find the treasure ye be seekin'!