alt.hn

6/16/2026 at 9:13:13 PM

Silicon Motion exec: Retail SSD market has almost disappeared

 https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ssds/the-retail-ssd-market-has-almost-disappeared-says-silicon-motion-exec-pc-oems-are-buying-third-party-drives-as-direct-nand-supply-dries-up

by Lihh27

6/18/2026 at 5:09:12 AM

> As memory makers prioritize shipments of their products to the AI sector, prices of solid-state drives for consumer applications increased significantly over the last few quarters, which naturally caused retail sales of SSDs to drop significantly

Who whould have thought that, increasing prices, makes people buy less. An SSD is not bread or gas.

by hulitu