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Jess Kinghorn

'Just last week alone, we were notified that costs had risen by 50–100%': SSD maker Transcend further tightens its belt amid delayed Samsung and Sandisk shipments

A photo of two Samsung NAND flash chips.

Between shortages and surging prices, the memory apocalypse is likely to get worse before it gets better. Case in point, Taiwanese memory manufacturer and distributor Transcend has apparently not received a new NAND Flash shipment since at least October, when prices first really started to spike.

According to company communication shared by @jukan05 on X, NAND Flash suppliers Samsung and Sandisk have delayed the latest planned shipment once more (via Techpowerup). As a result, Transcend's "Q4 chip allocation has been significantly reduced."

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