A price surge has recently swept through the electronics market in Shenzhen's Huaqiangbei, China, with products like solid-state drives (SSDs) and DDR4 memory seeing their prices generally double within a mere three months. This price hike has even eclipsed that of the Shuibei gold market, prompting some consumers and merchants to dub these products as the year's top wealth management picks.
According to a survey, the retail price of a 1TB SSD from the American brand SanDisk has soared from around 300 yuan to 588 yuan. Meanwhile, the same capacity product from the domestic brand Kingbank has jumped from over 260 yuan to 415 yuan. The 1TB SSD from the Korean brand Samsung has risen to 1,020 yuan, with its 2TB version reaching 1,450 yuan, leaving many merchants with depleted stocks.
When it comes to DDR4 memory sticks, the Samsung 16G DDR4 memory stick is now priced between 410-420 yuan, a significant increase from just 200 yuan in September and a mere fraction of the over 100 yuan it cost last year. The domestic brand Borui's 16G DDR4 has also seen its price surge from 200 yuan to 460 yuan.
Industry experts note that this round of price hikes for memory products is not fueled by consumer demand. Instead, it's the insatiable appetite for HBM and DDR5 from AI servers that has reshaped the supply-demand landscape. The upward trajectory of memory prices is expected to persist until the first quarter of next year and remain elevated for some time to come.