HP: the DRAM rally will last for a full year.
Brand giant American HP (point to) hold the corporate presentation last week, HP cfo Catherine a. p. pointed out that in the first quarter saw part of the component prices, leading with DRAM prices and among them the most, for HP, in the first quarter DRAM prices have increase, the expected DRAM prices trend will last throughout the year.
According to the legal person, the DRAM market entered the traditional slack season in the first quarter, but the demand is still greater than the supply, and the price can be seen again in the low season in a full range of 3 ~ 5%. Due to see before the end of the three big DRAM factory has opened new capacity, only depends on the process of miniature increase bit shipment growth rate also benefit, so this year, quarter by quarter DRAM prices trend will not reverse, this will help to DRAM factory in South Asia, winbond electric enterprises profit continued to maintain growth momentum.
In the fourth quarter of 2017 DRAM industry revenue performance to an all-time high, market size of $21.898 billion, annual output value of growth rate of 76%, mainly including action type, standard type, server, niche such as DRAM prices increase across the board. The city regulator is still optimistic about the DRAM market this year, and expects the DRAM industry to grow by more than 30 percent to $96 billion in 2018.
In the first quarter of this year the market, the standard DRAM parts, OEM factory have been agreed contract price, a line of giant accept DRAM module combination about the average price to $33, rose by an average of about 5% compared with the previous season. In addition, the data center, led by four major network service providers in North America, has a strong momentum, which drives the price of the first quarter server DRAM up 3-5%.
Smart phones in the first quarter demand downturn than initially expected, plus the NAND Flash price factors, with China's development and reform commission action type of DRAM prices than previously estimated, more than 5% of the apparent convergence prices rose about 3% on average. First quarter action type of DRAM, by slowing global smartphone market demand, most brand factory to adjust the production plan and delay the shipment, lead to the average contract prices to rise, compared with the past few quarters convergence, DRAM GDP growth forecasts for the first quarter action type will be convergence.