• 3D NAND Flash Memory Market Report accounted for $5.2 billion in 2015 and forecasts that the global market is anticipated to grow over $39 billion by 2022, with a CAGR of 33.7% from 2016 to 2022.
• Key findings of the 3D NAND flash memory market study:
• In 2015, smartphones and products are anticipated to witness faster growth ahead
• Consumer electronics is expected to grow with the CAGR of 33% owing to the growth in storage needs in portable electronics and devices
• China is the major shareholder, accounting for about 33% of the AsiaPac market in 2015
• India is expected to witness rapid growth, in terms of CAGR, from 2016 to 2022

• Total memory market forecast to increase 10% in 2017

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• NAND Flash Prices to Keep Rising During 2017 – DRAMeXchange
• 3D-NAND will be the main driver of flash bit shipments in 2017
• 2D-NAND will account for less than 50% of the total bit shipments

• Sales of all-flash storage rose more than 87% in the first quarter of 2016 and experts predict continued growth in spending on all-flash deployments.
• Sales of server-based storage were up 2.0% during the quarter and accounted for $2.1 billion in revenue.
• Total worldwide enterprise storage systems factory revenue declined 7.0% year over year to $8.2 billion during the first quarter of 2016 (1Q16).
• Total capacity shipments were down 4.0% year over year to 27.8 exabytes during the quarter.
• Revenue growth declined within the group of original design manufacturers (ODMs) that sell directly to hyperscale datacenters. This portion of the market was down 39.9% year over year to $681 million.
• External storage systems remained the largest market segment, but the $5.4 billion in sales represented a 3.7% year-over-year decline.

• Global NAND Flash revenue rose 20% sequentially in 3Q16

• NAND flash revenue is up 19.6 percent in the third quarter of 2016 as demand out places supply
• Samsung’s third-quarter NAND Flash bit shipments increased by 20% compared with the prior quarter. The supplier’s quarterly revenue from NAND Flash sales for the same period advanced about 20% sequentially
• Compared with the second quarter, SK Hynix posted a 12% increase in its NAND Flash bit shipments and a 7% increase in the average selling price (ASP) of its NAND Flash chips. As a result, SK Hynix’s third-quarter NAND Flash revenue rose 20.3% sequentially to around US$1.06 billion.
• SK Hynix will be able to boost its 3D-NAND production capacity to around 20,000~30,000 wafers per month before the end of 2016. The supplier will commence shipments of its third-generation 3D-NAND Flash in the first quarter of 2017. The supplier’s fourth-generation NAND Flash may also be ready for small-batch runs by the second half of next year.
• Toshiba’s NAND Flash revenue for its fiscal second quarter (Jul to Sep) rose about 17% sequentially
• Western Digital’s annual bit output for NAND Flash is forecast to increase by 45% in 2017
• Micron posted a 13% sequential increase in its NAND Flash bit shipments and a 1% drop in its NAND Flash ASP
• Intel’s NAND Flash business saw bit shipments expanded by 25% and revenue grew by 17% to U$649 million
• Flash. In the market for enterprise-grade SSDs, Micron’s bit shipments from June to August rose 45% compared with the prior three-month period

• Global 3D NAND flash market to grow at CAGR of 91.82%, in terms of unit sales, over the period 2014-2019.

• Global Flash Memory Card market to grow at a CAGR of 4.4% over the period 2014-2019.

• The global NAND flash market to grow at a CAGR of 9.69% during the period 2016-2020.

• 112-114+ Million HDDs Shipped in 3Q16