SSD prices to increase

In SA it will now increase about double that.

Why can Mustek not build SSDs for us?
 
Strange headline

On average, prices of MLC-based client-grade SSDs are projected to go up by 12% to 16% compared to the fourth quarter of 2016.
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“The industry-wide transition to 3D-NAND and 2D-NAND TLC production has sharply reduced the supply of Flash memory of the 2D-NAND MLC type. Thus, the price increase of MLC-based SSDs is outpacing that of TLC-based SSDs.”
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So because an old technology is being phased out "SSD prices to increase"? Not all SSD drives are MLC based... oh well
 
Storage prices have been going up since like 2012, now SSD as well..,. Collision abounds in that industry it seems.
 
Thor187 said:
Why can Mustek not build SSDs for us?
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If they did, we'd end up with a Silicon Motion controller from 2014 with first or second-gen 19nm Toshiba TLC, or Sandforce 2281 with asynchronous MLC NAND from Hynix. I don't think either solution would end up being very good, since you're basically better off buying a Transcend, SanDisk, OCZ, or Crucial drive from 2016.
 
Well just ordered a 500GB Samsung 960 Evo M.2 drive last week, prices are already high but guess it's better I do it now than later.
 
So prices go up but Rand falls. Sorry but I don't understand any of this. Increasing demand should bring prices down. Old technology doesn't get more expensive before new technology gets less expensive. This doesn't sound natural to me.
 
Looks like a short term issue with supply being outstripped by demand, and it is expected that production will be increasing to rectify the situation.
 
noxibox said:
Looks like a short term issue with supply being outstripped by demand, and it is expected that production will be increasing to rectify the situation.
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That would create a shortage and not a price increase.
 
ponder said:
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It's simple. If you're still producing the same amount of units your input costs per unit doesn't increase. With electronics a big determination of price is the capital input costs. With the same amount of units produced it doesn't matter if the demand suddenly increases or not as the cost per unit stays the same, increase in demand will only result in a shortage of product. What can happen is you produce less units so the cost per unit increases but that would be artificial and even price collusion in some cases.
 
Swa said:
It's simple. If you're still producing the same amount of units your input costs per unit doesn't increase. With electronics a big determination of price is the capital input costs. With the same amount of units produced it doesn't matter if the demand suddenly increases or not as the cost per unit stays the same, increase in demand will only result in a shortage of product. What can happen is you produce less units so the cost per unit increases but that would be artificial and even price collusion in some cases.
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huh?
When demand out paces supply then prices increase because it is now a scarce commodity. Everyone wants one, but not everyone can have one. So you increase the price to make as much profit as possible while dropping the demand until it equals the current supply again.

If what you're saying is true then the price of oil or gold would remain near constant.
 
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