by Jason Lervold | Nov 15, 2017 | TRENDFOCUS Blog
TRENDFOCUS has just released its CQ3 ’17 Quarterly Update for the NAND/SSD market. Only one segment, enterprise PCIe, saw unit growth where every other segment – client drive format factor, client modules, enterprise SATA and enterprise SAS, all declined from the...
by Jason Lervold | Mar 29, 2017 | TRENDFOCUS Blog
It has definitely been a wild ride over the past four quarters when it comes to SSD pricing…. And, unfortunately for system OEMs and hyperscale companies, this trend of increasing prices doesn’t look like there will be any relief until later this year, and likely in...
by John Chen | Mar 23, 2017 | TRENDFOCUS Blog
Regardless of any slowing of market growth or anticipation whether or not 2017’s new releases by Samsung and Apple will cause a sharp spike in demand, on Tuesday, March 21, Apple quietly announced minor changes to its existing iPhone line up that point to even greater...
by John Chen | Jan 18, 2017 | TRENDFOCUS Blog
While rumors published this week in Japan’s Nikkei news suggested that Toshiba was considering selling a stake of its semiconductor business to WDC, an official company note confirmed a day later that the Japanese conglomerate was considering splitting its memory...
by Jason Lervold | Dec 7, 2016 | TRENDFOCUS Blog, Uncategorized
TRENDFOCUS just recently concluded another trip through the U.S. and Asia. Once thing is for certain – NAND tightness continues…. And will continue through most of 2017. From a pricing perspective, this means continued higher prices for SSDs in the market. With all...
