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'The retail SSD market has almost disappeared,' says Silicon Motion exec — PC OEMs are buying third-party drives as direct NAND supply dries up (opens in new tab)

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Ambient Irony·

Daily News Stuff 17 June 2026

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TechRadar
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The PC component crisis isn't going away: retail market for SSDs has 'almost disappeared' we're told, and DDR5 RAM prices refuse to drop

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PC Gamer
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Silicon Motion says 'the retail SSD market has almost disappeared' as NAND shifts towards AI servers and OEMs scoop up the drives that usually sit in our gaming...

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Xataka·

El mercado minorista de SSD prácticamente ha desaparecido. Y no es porque los usuarios hayan dejado de comprarlos

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