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

"The retail SSD market has almost disappeared" Silicon Motion says, as OEMs take what's left

During Computex 2026, Silicon Motion senior VP Nelson Duann told Tom's Hardware that NAND shortages over the past year have nearly eliminated the direct-to-consumer market for SSDs....