[Rumor] SSD price control by limiting supply

https://www.trendforce.com/news/2024/11/29/news-kioxia-reportedly-planning-production-cuts-amid-nand-flash-market-challenges/

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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thejml@lemm.ee · 45 pts · 1y

Artificial scarcity is a standard part of capitalism.

Bogusmcfakester@lemmy.world · 32 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Pretty sure it's happend before

schizo@forum.uncomfortable.business · 19 pts · 1y (1 reply)

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

gens@programming.dev · 8 pts · 1y

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

theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 1y
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