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Friday 15 January 2010
DDR3 spot price continues growing, says inSpectrum
Thanks to growing attention from brokers and traders, DDR3 spot prices continued growing this week (January 11-15). But for DDR2 and NAND flash, prices remained weak amid slow demand,...
Wednesday 13 January 2010
DDR3 contract prices rise in 1H January, DDR2 stays flat
Contract prices for 2GB DDR3 modules rose 2-5% to average US$41 in the first half of January, according to figures from DRAMeXchange. 2GB DDR2 parts were also quoted at US$41 in the...
Monday 11 January 2010
DRAMeXchange sees strong DDR3 demand despite slow season
Spot prices for 1300MHz 1Gb DDR3 chips reached US$3.01 on January 8 compared to US$2.45 on December 17, 2008, showing a 23% rise, according to DRAMeXchange. The memory price tracker...
Friday 8 January 2010
Hot sales of DDR3 spreads from contract to spot market, says inSpectrum
Memory trading in the spot market remained slow this week (January 4-8), except for DDR3. Thanks to stronger concern about supply, a price surge for DDR3 occurred, according to inS...
Friday 25 December 2009
DRAM spot prices regaining strength
Trading of DRAM at the spot market has shown no signs of weakness during the week before Christmas, data gathered by DRAMeXchange have shown. The price of mainstream 1Gb DDR2 chips...
Thursday 24 December 2009
Unexpected price rally at DRAM spot market, says inSpectrum
Driven by unexpected demand from some China-based traders, DRAM spot pricing again posted a rally this week (December 21-24). But for the NAND flash market, demand remained sluggish,...
Friday 18 December 2009
Poly-Si suppliers offer one-year contract quotes at US$55/kg, say Taiwan makers
Some international suppliers of polycrystalline silicon (poly-Si) are offering one-year contract quotes of about US$55/kg for 2010, approximately the same as current spot prices,...
Friday 11 December 2009
Prices for eTT DRAM surge on speculation, says inSpectrum
Speculation in both DRAM and NAND flash trading has pushed spot prices up this week (December 7-11), with effectively tested (eTT) DRAM chips leading the rally, according to inSpec...
Thursday 10 December 2009
DRAM contract quotes remain flat in 1H December
DRAMeXchange data show that contract prices for DRAM chips have remained unchanged in the first half of December, beating industry sources' estimate of a slight dip. Pai Pei-Lin,...
Friday 4 December 2009
DRAM makers Nanya and Inotera revenues hit year-high in November 2009
Nanya Technology saw its November 2009 revenues increase 7% on month to NT$6.05 billion (US$188.47 million), while Inotera Memories' revenues grew 15% sequentially to NT$4.32 billion,...
Tuesday 1 December 2009
DRAM price outlook depressed through year-end 2009, say Taiwan makers
DRAM prices are unlikely to stave off a decline in prices by the end of 2009, around when suppliers tend to unload inventory to bolster their annual financial results, according to...
Monday 30 November 2009
Increased supply drags down DDR2 spot prices, says DRAMeXchange
Average spot prices for eTT 1Gb DDR2 trended down 3.82% in one day to close at US$2.06 on November 27, whereas the branded segment also slid by 1.04% to US$2.47, DRAMeXchange data...
Friday 27 November 2009
DRAM and NAND flash spot prices continue dropping on slackening demand, says inSpectrum
Overall memory spot market sentiment remained slow this week (November 23-27), as reflected in shrunk transaction volume and weakening prices, according to inSpectrum.
Thursday 26 November 2009
Samsung supplies of memory chips sufficient, say distributors
Supreme Electronics, a Taiwan-based memory IC distributor for Samsung Electronics, has remarked that supplies of DRAM and NAND flash chips from the Korea-based vendor became sufficient...
Thursday 26 November 2009
NAND flash contract prices trend down in 2H November, says DRAMeXchange
Contract prices for mainstream multi-level cell (MLC) NAND flash memory chips have come down 2-4% for the latter part of November, reflecting a seasonal demand drop, according to...