Hynix: the average DRAM price rose 9% in the fourth quarter of last year

South Korea's SK hynix, the world's second-largest memory-chip maker, has benefited from a surge in DRAM prices and continued market conditions, with quarterly earnings hitting a record high in the fourth quarter of last year, as demand for server memory continues to be strong this year. The market regulator set expectations that, although smartphone sales were not as good as expected, it could lead to a 3 per cent contraction in the price of mobile memory contracts this quarter, but the second season will restart the momentum of the move, and prices will continue to rise.

SK hynix yesterday held a conference and published results of last year, last year's fourth quarter and full-year earnings are a record high last year. In the fourth quarter of last year, the company made a profit. The main reason was a 3% increase in DRAM chip shipments, with an average price increase of 9%. NAND chip shipments increased 16%, the average price rose 4%.

SK hynix forecast, demand grew 20% year on year in the DRAM chip 2018, NAND chip demand will grow by about 40%, and capital spending this year than last year's estimated 10.3 million won, DRAM shipment growth of about 20% this year, NAND shipments to grow about 45%.