Tight supply causes contract prices of server DRAM modules to rise over 25 percent sequentially in first quarter of 2017.

At the start of the first quarter of 2017, contract prices of server DRAM modules have already increased by over 25 percent on average from the same point in the prior quarter, according to the latest report by DRAMeXchange, a division of TrendForce. The sequential contract price increases for some high-density server DRAM modules are even at nearly 30 percent. The average worldwide contract price of DDR4 R-DIMM 32GB modules has broken through the threshold of US$200, while the 16GB counterparts have also climbed to about USD 100.

DRAMeXchange finds that the market for server DRAM modules benefits from the ongoing PC DRAM price rally. The rapid rise in prices of server DRAM modules during the first quarter of 2017 is also propelling demand from server manufacturers that want to keep sufficient inventory memory before prices go up any further.

DRAMeXchange’s market outlook for this year moreover indicates that the DRAM supply will generally remain tight as leading DRAM makers have decided to firmly limit the increase in their production capacity. DRAM makers will furthermore adjust their product mixes so that prices and margins of their server DRAM products will also remain high.

By: DocMemory
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