Yes, you’re studying that title accurately. Today we acquired ahold of knowledge that DDR3 costs are going to skyrocket by as a lot as 40-50% this 12 months! Despite DDR4 being current for seven years (since 2014), which is so much on the earth of tech, DDR3 continues to be thriving. Used in a variety of units like IoT, older servers, and very long time working machines that want upkeep for many years. The DDR3 has been manufactured by SK Hynix, Samsung, and Micron, nevertheless, as expertise moved on, these firms started the migration to the newer DDR4 commonplace. Even DDR5 exists in the present day and it’s at present manufactured.
So why is DDR3 hovering in worth? It is due to the elevated shortage of this reminiscence. SK Hynix has stopped the manufacturing of two Gb modules, leaving solely the 4 Gb modules in manufacturing. Samsung has reduce down the capability from 60,000 wafers of DDR3 reminiscence modules per 30 days to only 20,000. This has triggered the worth of two Gb and 4 Gb modules to rise already as a lot as 30%. Despite the age of 14 years, DDR3 continues to be extensively utilized in many methods. And due to that, the shortage is making the worth of the present reminiscence enhance. The value is anticipated to rise by the entire 12 months and it may attain a 50% enhance.
