A cycle of removing chips from old memory and reusing them in the sluggish memory market is occurring



Taipei-based research company TrendForce reports that chips removed from old server DRAM modules are being reused as the memory market continues to stagnate.



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According to TrendForce, memory that reuses chips is mainly manufactured by the legacy process of 'the two major suppliers in Korea', and it is used for DRAM for PC and consumer DRAM products after software modification. Although TrendForce does not specify, the two major semiconductor suppliers in South Korea are Samsung and HK Hynix.

It is difficult to manually desolder a large amount of memory chips to reuse them one by one. , seems to be automated in some way.

Mainstream chip spot market prices for July 12-18, 2023 are down 0.27% compared to July 5-11, 2023 figures, which will impact prices. That's because there are so many used chips on the market that it acts as a pressure to lower prices.

Normally, there is no price difference between used memory chips and new memory chips, but in this recycling, a large number of DDR4 memory chips are purchased cheaply to reduce operating costs and reduce operating costs compared to new ones. If you can sell it at a competitive price, you can form an attractive loop to purchase more used chips.

IT news site Tom's Hardware said, ``It's great that companies are finding ways to lower the cost of recycling chips so that they can tackle this niche business model.'' Buying DDR4 memory is not very attractive.'

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