{"id":10108,"date":"2025-11-07T01:45:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T01:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/chinas-huaqiangbei-wholesale-market-sees-surge-in-memory-chip-prices\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T01:45:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T01:45:08","slug":"chinas-huaqiangbei-wholesale-market-sees-surge-in-memory-chip-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/chinas-huaqiangbei-wholesale-market-sees-surge-in-memory-chip-prices\/","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s Huaqiangbei wholesale market sees surge in memory chip prices"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/og_image_scmp_generic\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2025\/11\/06\/36732658-2c82-46a8-b4d3-616e2f630151_e501ffc5.jpg?itok=nWinghcv&amp;v=1762434855\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\" readability=\"13.829787234043\"><span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Huaqiangbei<\/span>, home to the world&rsquo;s biggest electronics wholesale market, is seeing a dramatic increase in the prices of memory chips and other storage products, which is expected to drive up the cost of consumer electronics goods such as <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">smartphones<\/span>, tablets and personal computers.<\/div>\n<div data-qa=\"InlineAdSlot-Container\" class=\"css-zl1inp e11v3ui14\">\n<div class=\"e11v3ui10 e11v3ui13 css-1evd7i0 e1flwkbl0\" data-qa=\"AdSlot-Container\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\" readability=\"14.584775086505\">The increase, especially for large-capacity models, has been &ldquo;astounding&rdquo;, as some memory chips had doubled in price, said Cai Zhaojie, a vendor who sells and builds personal computers for enterprises and professional users in Huaqiangbei, located in the southern tech hub of <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Shenzhen<\/span>.<\/div>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\" readability=\"14.417475728155\">A 32-gigabyte DDR5 memory kit, which cost around 1,000 yuan (US$140) in September, sold for 1,300 yuan by mid-October when a client of Cai complained about the price increase. That same product now costs 1,799 yuan, according to Cai. These kits are high-speed memory components used in <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">video gaming<\/span> computers.<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">DDR5 is a new generation of dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) chip, which functions as high-speed memory in PCs, smartphones and servers.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">&ldquo;Because of this price hike, the number of clients planning to build new computers has decreased,&rdquo; Cai said. &ldquo;Some have postponed their purchase or opted for second-hand equipment.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div data-qa=\"InlineAdSlot-Container\" class=\"css-zl1inp e11v3ui14\">\n<div class=\"e11v3ui10 e11v3ui13 css-117a6hs e1flwkbl0\" data-qa=\"AdSlot-Container\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Cai said he had to explain to customers that the price increase was out of vendors&rsquo; control. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s making our business very difficult,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><sub>China&rsquo;s Huaqiangbei wholesale market sees surge in memory chip prices<\/sub><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Huaqiangbei, home to the world&rsquo;s biggest electronics wholesale market, is seeing a dramatic increase in the prices of memory chips and other storage products, which is expected to drive up the cost of consumer electronics goods such as smartphones, tablets and personal computers. Advertisement The increase, especially for large-capacity models, has been &ldquo;astounding&rdquo;, as some&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/chinas-huaqiangbei-wholesale-market-sees-surge-in-memory-chip-prices\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;China\u2019s Huaqiangbei wholesale market sees surge in memory chip prices&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10109,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10108\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}