Higher DRAM Bit Growth Seen For 2018

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SAN FRANCISCO , Nov. 02, 2017 – Tight DRAM supply conditions that have persisted all year long – resulting in a significant boom for suppliers – may come to an end in 2018, as Samsung Electronics ratchets up capacity to extend its lead over competitors and freeze new entrants from China out of the market, according to one market research firm.

DRAMexchange, a Taiwan-based firm that tracks memory chip pricing, is projecting that DRAM bit supply will grow by 22.5 percent in 2018, up from about 19.5 percent in 2017. The firm had predicted as recently as September that DRAM bit supply would grow by 19.6 percent next year.

Samsung, which owns about 45 percent market share in DRAM, is considering a plan to allocate some capacity that had been set aside for NAND flash to DRAM at its new facility in Pyeontaek, South Korea, and also adding more DRAM capacity to its Line 17 fab in Hwaseong, South Korea, according to DRAMexchange.

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