After average ASPs for NAND dropped 33 percent during Q1, prices have been flat to slightly up since the end of March, according to market research firm.

The firm noted that excitement is high over the introduction of the NAND-based iPhone, with Q2 prices forecasted to grow 2 percent as a result, and overall NAND revenues for the year predicted to show an increase of more than 15 percent to reach a total of more than $13.5 billion.

NAND unit shipments this year are forecasted to increase 86 percent compared with last year, the highest unit growth rate in several years, while gigabyte consumption will grow 217 percent this year.

Adrienne Downey, director of memory research at Semiconductor Partners said that while the consumer market is a major market for NAND today, the real growth in this market will be in the computing segment. “Computing will grow at an astounding 55.7 percent CAGR from 2006 to 2011 and will account for nearly two-thirds of the NAND market by 2011,” she said in a statement.

By: DocMemory
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