Supply of DRAM chips will remain mostly tight in 2013, while the NAND flash market will face a shortage of supplies starting the second half of June, according to Simon Chen, chairman and CEO of memory module maker Adata Technology.

Chen warned that there will be a major shortfall of available DRAM and NAND flash memory in the third quarter.

End-market demand for DRAM will pick up substantially starting the third quarter, while no additional capacity has been created, Chen indicated. Supply of the memory has been tight since the first quarter, Chen added.

As for NAND flash, Chen predicted chip supply will fall short of demand around mid-June, and shortages of the memory will widen from July to September.

Chen added that Adata has secured sufficient supply of NAND flash from its chip partners, which include Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, Micron Technology, Intel and SanDisk.

In other news, market watchers expect Adata to report flat or slight sequential growth in consolidated revenues for the second quarter. Adata's consolidated sales increased 6.2% sequentially and 8.1% from a year ago to NT$7.65 billion (US$255.3 million).

By: DocMemory
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