We are all aware of all the news that does not stop arriving from China because of the new Coronavirus, as well as the state of alert that has been generated among consumers of material coming from that country. This has led experts to rule that the RAM memory consumption surely it will slow down during the present outbreak of the disease that causes this new virus. This brake, the only thing you will assume is that prices They will remain during the first quarter of this year.
However, at the same time experts predict that, at the time the crisis disappears, demand will resume with some higher purchase levels by users. This will once again boost the price of RAM in the market, when users regain confidence in the market. This trust is essential for activating purchases that have not been made during the whole period of the new health crisis that has occurred in China, a country that is where many manufacturers often produce their components.
RAM memory prices mark the end of fat cows for users
After more than a year of continuous drops, the price of the NAND Flash memory began to rebound at the end of the year 2019. And, as of 2020, this price has continued to rise continuously, although currently it has not been noticed to a large extent in the market of SATA SSD and / or PCIe. This lack of market response is due to the fact that the units that had already been manufactured during the time of "low prices" are still being consumed. But, the reality is that, chips of that type of memory are currently sold at a price between 30 and 40% higher at the end of 2019.
However, the price of RAM has not dropped as much as users expected. And China has decided to extend the holiday for chinese new year until mid-February, to prevent the new outbreak of the Coronavirus from spreading out of control throughout the country. This is creating that the factories and many online stores of this country cannot send the shipments of the products that the users have bought there, with the consequent stagnation of purchases and sales, in a country whose market depends largely on many of the online stores that sell through the Internet.
Once the factories recover their workers and resume production, the prices of RAM will continue to increase in the market.
