{"id":13534,"date":"2026-01-07T21:25:31","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T21:25:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/soaring-prices-but-shrinking-demand-as-chinas-memory-chip-market-falters\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T21:25:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T21:25:31","slug":"soaring-prices-but-shrinking-demand-as-chinas-memory-chip-market-falters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/soaring-prices-but-shrinking-demand-as-chinas-memory-chip-market-falters\/","title":{"rendered":"Soaring prices, but shrinking demand as China\u2019s memory chip market falters"},"content":{"rendered":"
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China’s secondary semiconductor market is seeing a sharp run-up in memory chip prices as global supplies tighten, though vendors say the rally faces an awkward conundrum: the price tags might be higher, but the buyers are disappearing.<\/p>\n

“We’re looking at high asking prices, but no buyers,” said Cai Zhaojie, a merchant who sells electronic components at Huaqiangbei<\/span>, the vast Shenzhen wholesale hub often described as the world’s biggest electronics market.<\/div>\n

The mark-ups on memory products had become “totally outrageous”, Cai told the Post on Wednesday, adding that the rapid inflation was pushing customers away rather than drawing them in.<\/p>\n

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Merchants at Huaqiangbei had reported steep increases in memory chips<\/span> since late last year, with DDR5 – the latest generation of dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) used in PCs, smartphones and servers – among the most in demand items.<\/div>\n

A single 256-gigabyte DDR5 server memory stick from Samsung Electronics or SK Hynix had climbed above 40,000 yuan (US$5,700) in China’s spot market, with some units priced as high as 49,999 yuan, according to a report by the Chinese outlet Jiemian.<\/p>\n

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A DDR4 Random Access Memory, or RAM module: bigger prices but fewer buyers. Photo: Shutterstock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

At those levels, a standard shipping box of 100 sticks would cost about 5 million yuan, the report said, prompting industry insiders to remark that the shipment now “exceeds the value of many real estate properties in Shanghai”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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China’s secondary semiconductor market is seeing a sharp run-up in memory chip prices as global supplies tighten, though vendors say the rally faces an awkward conundrum: the price tags might be higher, but the buyers are disappearing. “We’re looking at high asking prices, but no buyers,” said Cai Zhaojie, a merchant who sells electronic components…<\/p>\n

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