TAIPEI, TAIWAN – The top three server DRAM suppliers are progressing toward the specification of 32GB RDIMM, and first quarter quotes offered by server DRAM suppliers will grow 4% sequentially to ensure sales by favorable prices.

In the second quarter, as domestic server demand from China rises, the server DRAM prices will continue to rise, says DRAMeXchange

Annual global server shipments will remain in single-digit growth this year, says Mark Liu, senior analyst at DRAMeXchange. The growth in the Chinese market in the second quarter will reach 20%. On the server DRAM supply side, suppliers offer favorable contract prices in response to transition into new platform and high-density modules, dampening the price rise, says the firm.

The top three DRAM suppliers will adjust their product mixes, and put 16Gb mono die into mass production in the second quarter.

On the one hand, the server industry has benefited from the popularity of smart end devices; on the other hand, enterprise servers are growing cloud and drive the demand for network services, becoming the key growth momentum of the server market, says DRAMeXchange.

Due to increasing demand for server DRAM and data centers worldwide, the top three DRAM suppliers will increase the proportion of advanced processes in overall output in the second quarter, which will improve cost structure and high-density module's adoption rate.

At present, Korean DRAM manufacturers plan to produce high-density 16Gb mono die in the third quarter, with the goal to effectively increase the penetration rate of modules with density above 64GB. In the second half of 2018, the mainstream process of server DRAM will gradually shift to 17nm and 18nm node. The increasing proportion of high-density chips and improvement in cost structure will accelerate the speed of transition into high-density modules.

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