SSDs expected to drop below 10 cents per GB by the end of the year
The cost of one gigabyte of NAND flash is expected to drop below 10 cents before the end of the year, according to new market research. The NAND flash industry is experiencing a period of rapid change, price correction, competition, and oversupply in 2019, which some may describe as the perfect storm. Lucky for us gamers, all this turbulence has led to dramatic price drops on some of the best SSDs for gaming.
The folks over at DRAMeXchange believe that SSD prices for OEMs are about to drop further than ever, largely due to oversupply conditions in the market and a price war between SSD suppliers as they attempt to shift 64- and 72-layer stock to make way for 96-layer NAND. Reportedly reaching peak rate back in 2017 - a dark time for PC gamers - 512GB and 1TB SSD contract prices will fall below $0.10 per GB by 2020.
Well over half of all notebooks were reportedly fitted with SSDs back in 2018, according to the report, and while this fast creep into dominance is expected to continue in 2019, 512GB drives are expected to take over as the de facto standard. So far 128GB has been the go-to drive of choice.
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