Prices of 512 GB SSDs will drop below $ 0.1 per GB by the end of the year
Good news if you are planning to purchase some SSD storage later this year, the ongoing drop in prices for NAND is just that, ongoing and will reach a price of less than 10 Cents per GB by the end of the year.
Average contract prices for 512GB and 1TB SSDs have a chance to plunge below US$0.1 per GB by the end of this year, hitting an all-time low. This change will cause 512GB SSDs to replace their 128GB counterparts and become market mainstream, second only to 256GB SSDs. We may also look forward to PCIe SSDs achieving 50% market penetration, since PCIe SSDs and SATA SSDS are nearly identical in price.
TrendForce points out that SSD adoption among notebooks had already come above the 50% threshold in 2018. Contract prices for mainstream 128/256/512GB SSDs have fallen a long way by over 50% since peaking in 2017, and those for 512GB and 1TB SSDs have a chance to fall below US$0.1 per GB by year-end. This will stimulate demand from those seeking to replace their 500GB and 1TB HDDs. SSD adoption rate is expected to land between 60 and 65% in 2019.
2Q Average Contract Prices for SSDs to Fall by Double Digits, May Drop by Less in 3Q
According to TrendForce's latest investigations, 2Q19 marks the 6th consecutive quarter of average contract price decline for mainstream PC-Client OEM SSDs, with the average contract price for SATA SSDs falling QoQ by 15-26%, and PCIe SSDs by 16-37 %.
The reasons for the continuous price fall in 2Q include: weakened stocking momentum due to the cautious stance of PC, smartphones, servers/datacenters OEMs towards end market sales and high inventory levels, leading to an overly oversupplied NAND flash market; prices wars by leading SSD suppliers who are keen to get their 64/72-layer stocks off their hands; and the price comparison effect as a result of Intel 3D QLC SSDs.
The demand side will be helped by the traditional peak season and increased stocking demand from the new Apple devices, possibly seeing an improvement over 1H in 3Q looking forward. Furthermore, many NAND flash suppliers are slowing expansion plans and have declared reductions in production to curtail supply. Yet judging from the rather high inventories along this chain of industry, TrendForce predicts that average contract prices for mainstream SSD capacities will likely continue their descent, although with a slope less steep.
Price Differences Greatly Narrow, with PCIe to Replace SATA Interfaces as Market Mainstream
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wtb ddr5 and cheapo nvme naaaw
gonna be hard to resist zen2 even with shitty ooold ddr4 tho :.(
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Question:
Not trying to be make it complicated ,just looking for correct answer not that it is important plus people love this kind of stuff to argue lol J/K
What would be cost per gigabyte and which calculation would be used.I live in Canada so tax and shipping is a thing.
So is it calculated by-
Standard for GB for calculation-
So if you had 4TB drive would it be
4000GB
4096GB
3750GB Actual usable size on disc
1000GB = 1TB-Today's standard
1024GB = 1TB-1990's standard
MSPR ÷ Actual stated size in GB by today's or 1990's
MSPR ÷ Actual usable size on disc (4TB = 3750GB Actual usable size on disc)
MSPR + Shipping + Tax ÷ Actual stated size in GB by today's or 1990's
MSPR + Shipping + Tax ÷ Actual usable size on disc(4TB = 3750GB Actual usable size on disc)
MSRP÷4TB=4000GB
$400÷4000GB = 10 cents per gigabyte
$400÷4096GB = 9.8 cents per gigabyte
MSRP÷4TB=3750GB
$400÷3750GB = 10.6 cents per gigabyte
Canada Tax is 13% ($52 on $400) + Shipping varies from USA-Lets say $10 dollars for 4TB SSD
MSRP+TAX+SHIP÷4TB=4000GB
$400+$52+$10÷4000GB = 11.6 cents per gigabyte
$400+$52+$10÷4096GB = 11.3 cents per gigabyte
$400+$52+$10÷3750GB = 12.3 cents per gigabyte
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Hard drives are going the way of floppy drives.
Everyone should have an ssd this days.
I been using an SSD since late 2009.
My first one was a 120GB OCZ Vertex 1 (Indilinx Barefoot) and set me back 360 Euro's.
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I know the article says "below 10c/GB" by years end but unless I missing something here ssd prices are already at 10-12c/GB.
Example: Can get 1TB SanDisk SSD Plus 1TB or Samsung SSD 860 QVO for €105 and €107.5 respectively.
Same goes for 480-512GB ones. Seen prices starting from €48-49 for generic brands and €58-60 for more known ones.
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The 25% tariff on Tech items has been in place for almost a year. I don't know which SSD components are on that list. But even if more components go from 10% to 25%, that doesn't necessarily mean 15% more expensive. Not EVERYTHING is made in China..
And actually according to this list, most NAND Fabs are in South Korea (Samsung), USA, Singapore (Micron), etc. There are some fabs in China of course but SSD market is extremely competitive which is why we don't see collusion too often like we do with many other components.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List-of-semiconductor-fabrication-plants
And good on Trump for facing China the way he is, people have no idea how extremely wealthy they are becoming at our expense.