Omdia study: DDR5 shipments of Server DRAM in 2023 are less than expected

Thanks to CTOnews.com netizen OC_Formula for the clue delivery! CTOnews.com, February 11 (Xinhua)-- according to Omdia Research, the adoption of DDR5 chips in server DRAM this year is expected to be slower than expected. DDR5 was expected to account for 28% of the server DRAM market, but it has now been adjusted to 13%.

The analyst firm Omdia said this was due to a slower-than-expected recovery in the server DRAM market.

Due to global inflation and high customer inventory, the global memory chip market is in the doldrums.

Cloud service providers such as Meta, Microsoft, Google and AWS are delaying upgrading their data centers because of rising costs. The total cost of ownership of the new server product (all costs incurred in purchasing, installing, running, and maintaining the IT infrastructure) is higher than expected. CTOnews.com learned that Intel recently launched the fourth-generation Xeon CPU, but the speed is slower than expected, which is also one of the reasons for the slow adoption of DDR5 in the server memory market.

According to Omdia, DDR5 will account for only 3 per cent of the server DRAM market in the first quarter and 8 per cent in the second quarter. That proportion will jump to 15% in the third quarter and then to 24% in the fourth quarter.