Iek: Dram Unit Price Rose 55% Last Year, Up Another 32% This Year

Industrial Research Institute of ITRI (IEK) cited market research institutions survey report pointed out that last year the global DRAM prices soar, the output value increased by about 77%, reaching 72.5 billion US dollars, the average sales price rose 55%; this year, the pre- Estimated or in short supply, although the strength is not as good as last year's growth, but the major suppliers are still increasing their production under control. The average selling price is expected to rise more than 32% this year, and its annual output value will increase by about 23% to nearly 90 billion U.S. dollars , A new high over the years.

IEK optimistic this year, memory will still be the price of Qi Yang year, mainly due to artificial intelligence will drop from the cloud computing edge computing, estimated that by 2022, there will be up to 75% of the data processing is not done in the cloud data center , But through the edge of the user's computing device to deal with.

IEK believes that the above trend will drive the semiconductor industry to develop various AI edge computing ASICs and spawn five terminal vehicle requirements such as driving, robotics, surveillance, augmented reality (VR) and unmanned aerial vehicles. Following the PC, mobile phone, car, the next few years, AI edge computing will also drive DRAM applications increased.

The virtual currency mining industry to join the ranks of DRAM scanners, coupled with strong demand for servers, ITRI Industry Economics and Trend Research Center (IEK) that this year is still the volume of DRAM prices Qi Yang, the estimated global DRAM production this year about More than 20%, continued to record high, the average unit price can rise another 30%.