With no faltering in capacity demand, the solid-state memory industry finds itself in interesting times. Exciting times from a development and research perspective, with new technologies reaching mass production, and a steady pace of improvement from a capacity and performance perspective.
But also, uncertain times: massive investments made to satisfy demand, combined with strategic developments in Asia may put the industry at risk of oversupplying the market and causing steep price declines. Or could a significant price drop drive more flash adoption and bring balance?
This TECHunplugged Industry Insights research covers the major events in the solidstate memory industry in 2018 and provides outlook about trends and expected developments in 2019 and beyond.