Why Aren't SSD Prices Going Down?

Lucas123 writes "NAND flash memory makers took an economic beating from 2007 through the first quarter of 2009 due to supply outstripping demand. During that time, solid state drives dropped in price 60% year over year. But after the economic meltdown, fabricators pulled back on production and investment in new facilities and the price of SSDs have remained flat or increased over the past year, and that is not expected to change until 2011. Until that time, SSDs remain 10x more expensive than hard disk drives. SSD vendors, however, are using a few tricks to get sales up, including selling lower-capacity boot drives that hit a sweet spot in the techie/gamer market."

Comments

Yeah, why hasn't the price gone down?

[BadAnalogyGuy]

fabricators pulled back on production and investment in new facilities

Joseph Smith once said that a man with one wife was blessed, but a man with more than one was cursed. I guess he meant that as the supply goes down, the more profit can be realized per unit.

Joseph Smith and the diminishing value of wives

[wonkavader]

Well, he'd know.

Re:Price Fixing, Oligopoly, Collusion, Etc.

[fizzding]

You don't buy tinfoil hats, man. That's how they get you.

Re:Price Fixing, Oligopoly, Collusion, Etc.

[chronosan]

Forgetting: ", then verify again periodically."