Micron finally sent official notices to its customers that its DDR4 memory will finally reach end of life (EOL). According to Digitimes, shipments for these memory chips will gradually decline over the next six to nine months. The top memory chip makers have been planning to end DDR4 production due to increasing competition from Chinese memory makers that have been flooding the market with more affordable alternatives. Now, with Micron confirming its plans to shelve the tech, the world's top three manufacturers are off the board.
Samsung said in April that it’s already going to stop making DDR4 chips this year and focus instead on the higher-end and more profitable DDR5, LPDDR5, and HBM memory. And even though Chinese memory maker CXMT just reached peak DDR4 production, reports say that it’s also pivoting towards DDR5 and HBM chips.
