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How long can memory, SSD prices keep rising? Supply shortages may last
Prices for the latest DDR5 DRAM have surged to nearly five times higher over the past year, and forecasts say SSD supply shortages could last until 2030. Wccftech, citing German retail data, reported DDR5 prices in mid-August were up to 486 percent of their July 2025 level. Embedded SSD prices in Germany rose 7.7 percent in a month and are about 2.2 times higher than before shortages. Industry executives and analysts warn supply expansion may take longer than expected.
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AI bottleneck shifts to servers, pushing faster eSSD testing
Investment in AI data centres is expanding from high-bandwidth memory to enterprise SSDs, with prices for 30TB to 64TB drives up more than 50 percent. As capacity and NAND layers rise, burn-in and final tests take longer and inspection becomes a bottleneck, driving demand for higher-parallelism, PCIe 5.0-capable equipment. New testing needs are also emerging around CXL 2.0 memory pooling and switching, prompting shipments of dedicated testers.
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Semiconductor wafer carrier FOUP emerges as key component in HBM era
Semiconductor wafer carriers known as FOUPs are gaining strategic importance as memory chip manufacturing processes become longer and more intricate, increasing the need for contamination control. Industry sources say advanced chips such as high-bandwidth memory keep wafers in fabs for more than 100 days, raising risks from humidity and airborne molecular contamination. South Korean equipment makers are reporting rising orders for FOUP cleaners and humidity-control solutions used by major memory makers.
