DDR4 accounted for the first time beyond DDR3

Research firm IC Insights estimates, such as Intel (Intel) latest 14 nanometer x86 Core series processors have started to move closer to the DDR4 memory, is expected in 2017 global sales accounted for DDR4 will ascend to 58%, for the first time beyond 39% DDR3, officially broke over the past 6 years the proportion of DDR3 to holding the first position.

Although the JEDEC (JEDEC) in early September 2012 has been officially announced the DDR4 standard, but until 2014, DDR4 began with performance in powerful servers and a few high order desktop computer. In 2015, the Internet industry and the data center to improve server efficiency and reduce power consumption, gradually began to use DDR4 memory, but the memory is still very low in 2015 DDR4 sales, sales accounted for only 20% of total sales of DRAM memory.

In 2016 as the DDR4 began to rapidly expand application to more large-scale computer and data center server and the high order PC, DDR4 sales accounted for up to 45%.

This year there will be more high order NB and intelligent mobile phone, tablet computer to use DDR4 memory, so DDR4 sales accounted for the rise again, and exceeded the DDR3 for the first time, occupy the first. Compared with DDR3, DDR4 can make the memory module density increased 1 times, speed has increased 1 times, the power consumption is reduced by more than 20%, thus extending the 64 bit processor equipped with intelligent mobile phone and tablet computer battery life.

In memory of DRAM ASP, ASP began to decline since the beginning of 2014, in mid 2016 to restore strong growth. IC Insights said that, overall, the first half of the 2017 DRAM ASP will continue to ascend, but the increase may be lower than the growth rate from April 2016 to February 2017. It is because of ASP rise, the agency has in 2017 the global DRAM market scale forecast raised to $57 billion 300 million, compared with 2016 growth of 39%.

Data show that in April 2016 DRAM ASP for $2.41, the February 2017 ASP has ascended to the $3.70.

But with Samsung Electronics (Samsung Electronics) and SK (SK Hynix) were Hynix ready to expand in the second half of 2017 DRAM Memory chip Production capacity. With the increase of DRAM is expected to supply, the second half of 2017 ASP likely to decline.

IC Insights said that in recent years, the global DRAM market has been in a boom or bust, rarely in a stable, predictable state. This is a major supplier of DRAM, it is a great challenge.

But only the first half of 2017, Samsung, SK Hynix and micron (Micron) and other major DRAM vendors is still very optimistic about the market opportunities.