That trend seems to be over. China's antitrust regulator has put the DRAM cartel on notice, and they're willing to stand up state-sponsored fabs to deal with i

That trend seems to be over. China's antitrust regulator has put the DRAM cartel on notice, and they're willing to stand up state-sponsored fabs to deal with it if necessary. Coincidentally just after that, Samsung announced production is going up and prices are expected to decline over this year. http://www.china.org.cn/business/2017-12/23/content_50157479.htm http://www.china.org.cn/business/2017-12/23/content_50157479... https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/12/21/china_memory_insource/ https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/12/21/china_memory_insour... https://www.reuters.com/article/us-samsung-elec-chips-outlook-analysis/end-of-a-chip-boom-memory-chip-price-drop-spooks-investors-idUSKBN1F406U https://www.reuters.com/article/us-samsung-elec-chips-outloo... Pretty blatant market manipulation here by the DRAM cartel - and China has enough downstream manufacturing at stake here that they're willing to go to the mat over it.