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[Rumor] SSD price control by limiting supply (www.trendforce.com)
submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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I heard a friend from my Chinese community that Samsung and Kioxia are reducing production of NAND chips to hike SSD price. Samsung and WD SSD in Amazon UK are quite sold out.

Can anyone confirm this?

EDIT: Related Chinese news from HKEPC https://www.hkepc.com/23015/%E5%82%B3%E4%B8%89%E6%98%9F%E9%8E%A7%E4%BF%A0_NAND_%E8%A8%88%E5%8A%83%E6%B8%9B%E7%94%A2_%E4%BB%A5%E9%98%BB%E6%AD%A2%E5%83%B9%E6%A0%BC%E4%B8%8B%E8%B7%8C___%E7%94%9A%E8%87%B3%E6%89%AD%E8%BD%89%E8%B6%A8%E5%8B%A2

EDIT 2: Add English source

Original title: Kioxia Reportedly Planning Production Cuts Amid NAND Flash Market Challenges

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[–] [email protected] 45 points 3 weeks ago

Artificial scarcity is a standard part of capitalism.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Pretty sure it's happend before

[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It's repeatedly happened before; hell this would be the 3rd time this year (at least!).

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago

It's standard practice for ram, at least it was. I remember companies being busted with warehouses of ram sticks.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 weeks ago

Again?