Suffering from the stir of the European sovereign debt storm in financial markets, concerns towards the uncertainty of global economic recovery, 4Q hot-season restocking demand was weaker than expected.

According to TrendForce, as the market status remains unclear, some suppliers and buyers are not seeing eye-to-eye on price negotiations. Therefore, with few concluded transactions, 2HDec. mainstream NAND Flash MLC contract price fell by 3-8% compared to 1HDec.

According to DRAMeXchange, a research division of TrendForce, rush orders for SSD began to turn up in November as a result of the Thailand Flood, which compromised the HDD supply. However, the shipments of end-market products, including PC, smartphone and tablet PC, continued to drop.

November 1st, 2011--According to DRAMeXchange, a research department of Trendforce, mainstream NAND flash contract price for 2HOct. fell by 4-8% due to lower than expected demand for year-end retail sales.

November 1st, 2011--According to DRAMeXchange, a research department of Trendforce, suffering from the European debt storm and American financial disputations, 3Q restocking demand recovery was postponed until early September.

According to DRAMeXchange, a research division of Trendforce, benefitting from strong smartphone and tablet PC shipments, the rise of ultrabook and server growth due to greater adoption of cloud computing, SSD penetration rate has increased rapidly.

According to DRAMeXchange, a research division of TrendForce, since demand did not warm for this year’s 2H peak season inventory replenishment until September, the renewed demand from both new smartphone and ultrabook models and preparation for the holiday season is likely to continue until early November.

According to DRAMeXchange, a research division of TrendForce, although most NAND flash related vendors are currently conservative towards European and American holiday season sales, inventory replenishment began in early September in preparation for certain system vendors’ unveiling of new smartphone and ult

According to DRAMeXchange, a research division of TrendForce, as a portion of system product clients have begun inventory replenishment in preparation for 4Q11’s new products, mainstream MLC NAND flash contract price was more or less stable for 1HSep.

According to DRAMeXchange, a research division of TrendForce, demand from certain system product clients is expected to gradually pick up in September, due to inventory replenishment in response to the unveiling of new products. Thus, most NAND flash contract price for 2HAug. has stayed flat.