In recent hours, rumors have spread that Samsung might be shifting part of its NAND and HBM3E memory chip production to DRAM manufacturing to meet urgent market demand. This move supposedly meant that Samsung would leave the consumer SSD market — similar to what happened with Crucial and RAM modules — but that does not seem to be the case.
Samsung Responds to Market Speculation
Samsung has officially responded to stop the wave of speculation. A company spokesperson directly denied the claims made by Wccftech, stating: “The rumor regarding the phasing out of Samsung SATA or other SSDs is false.”
At the same time, Edward Crisler, Public Relations Manager at Sapphire, offered reassurance in an interview with Hardware Unboxed. Crisler advised gamers and potential buyers not to panic or make impulse purchases, saying that the current issues with prices and low stock of memory and storage devices are temporary.
According to Crisler, the challenges that the hardware market is facing now — such as high memory prices and supply shortages — are expected to improve within the next six to eight months.
He suggested that this recovery could happen either because DRAM supply will catch up with demand or because the high demand from data centers using AI technology will slow down, helping to balance the market.
While Crisler warned that DRAM prices might stabilize at a slightly higher level than before, he believes that the current high DDR5 memory prices will drop significantly over time and that the gaming industry will adjust to the new market conditions.
In related news, SK Hynix predicted in an internal meeting that the supply of commodity DRAM, including DDR5 and DDR4 memory, is expected to remain tight through at least 2028.
