Chipmakers to make production cuts

Due to oversupply, NAND flash prices are expected to fall faster than a team of free-falling parachuting elephants who have forgotten to pack a key ingredient of their act.

Up to 12 percent performance improvement

SK hynix has announced the mass production of the world's first triple-level-celll-based 321-high 4D NAND flash with 1Tb capacity. This means that SK hynix will be the first supplier of NAND with more than 300 layers, with availability expected as of the first half of next year.

Increased production decreased demand

According to a new report by the divination team of TrendForce analysts, client SSD prices are predicted to fall by 5-10 percent in the fourth quarter of 2024.

For enterprise and datacenter implementation

KIOXIA America has announced the availability of its new KIOXIA XD8 Series PCIe 5.0 Enterprise and Datacenter Standard Form Factor (EDSFF) E1.S SSDs.

In 1TB, 2TB, and 4TB capacity and peaking at 7,250/6,300MB/s

Samsung has officially launched its new 990 EVO Plus SSD, promising an enhancement of up to 50 percent compared to the previous generation and using the latest 8th generation V-NAND in combination with a 5nm controller.

Sabrent has announced the new Rocket 2242 M.2 Gen 4 NVMe SSD, based on a rather short M.2-2242 form factor, which is often used with some handheld consoles, like the Lenovo Legion Go.

Aimed at gaming, content creation, and scientific computing

Micron Technology has announced its latest Micron 3500 NVMe SSD. Based on 232-layer NAND, the Micron 3500 SSD series comes in M.2 form-factor and in capacities of up to 2TB.

232-layer NAND and higher performance

Micron Technology has announced its latest Micron 7500 NVMe SSD for data center workloads. The Micron 7500 SSD series will be available in Pro and Max versions, based on U.3/U.2 form-factor, and feature Micron's own 232-layer NAND, promising up to 242% better random write performance compared to competitive drives.

Power will set the tone

A Pure Storage exec is predicting that no more hard disk drives will be sold after 2028 because of electricity costs and availability and NAND $/TB declines.

More than 11 per cent lower 

Global semiconductor revenue is projected to decline 11.2 per cent in 2023, according to the latest forecast from Gartner.