On April 2nd, it was reported that the memory module market experienced a sharp price drop in just over a week. Recently, memory modules represented by DDR5 have continued to experience price reductions, with some products experiencing a decrease of up to 30%!

It is reported that since last week, the memory market prices have experienced a significant decline. According to merchants in Shenzhen Huaqiangbei Electronic Market, the prices of several mainstream memory products have plummeted.

At present, 16GB of memory has dropped from last week's high of 900 yuan to around 700 yuan. The price reduction for 32GB memory products is even more astonishing, with a general decrease of about 300 yuan, and some brands even experiencing a direct drop of up to 30%.

This kind of short-term price shock is quite rare in the recent market. At present, the willingness of upstream distributors to ship has significantly increased, attempting to accelerate capital recovery through price reductions, but the market response has been relatively cold.

Consumers generally hold the mentality of buying up and not buying down. Due to concerns that the price may continue to decline after purchasing now, most people choose to continue waiting. This typical wait-and-see mentality has prevented the market from experiencing a surge in transactions due to price reductions.

Since the beginning of the price increase trend in the fourth quarter of last year, the high prices have seriously suppressed the purchasing desire of individual consumers. Many users have to choose smaller capacity memory or turn directly to the second-hand market to find alternatives in order to save expenses.

The shrinking demand has directly led to a decline in the overall shipment volume of memory products. Many Huaqiangbei practitioners have expressed that the sustained price increases last year have had a significant impact on their business, with transaction volumes generally shrinking significantly.

It is currently difficult to determine whether the widespread shortage and price increase of storage products caused by the absorption of too much storage capacity by AI data centers has reached a turning point.

But after months of sustained price increases, some storage products have experienced price corrections, which may indicate that there has indeed been a change in market supply and demand.

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