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Published Jul.21 2009,17:39 PM (GMT+8)
Given the 5% upward pricing in term 1H'July, DDR3 contract price for 2H'July hikes again due to tight DDR3 supply and aggressiveness in inventory replenishment for PC-OEMs.
Published Jul.13 2009,14:36 PM (GMT+8)
End-customer’s purchase willingness in early July is cautious since July is traditionally regarded as the slow season for NAND Flash main products such as memory card and UFD. Inventory level for some card makers is still above one month. NAND Flash vendors slightly lower mainstream MLC NAND Flash contract price to enhance the purchase volume. Therefore, 1HJuly contract price of mainstream MLC NAND Flash slightly decreased 1%-5%.
Published Jul.07 2009,17:24 PM (GMT+8)
1HJuly DDR3 contract price shows the upward pricing momentum again since 2H’June contract price remains flat. DDR3 1066Mhz 2GB is up 5% to US$ 24 from US$ 23 while DDR2 667Mhz 2GB is pricing at US$ 21.5 level.
Published Jul.01 2009,16:41 PM (GMT+8)
The June contract price did not fluctuate since some contract deals between PC OEMs and DRAM vendors are conducted either in monthly basis or quarterly basis. DRAMeXchange believes that DDR3 contract price in July will increase 5%~10% due to the aggressive CULV promotion and new contract deal negotiation in July.
Published Jun.25 2009,11:35 AM (GMT+8)
Mainstream MLC NAND Flash average contract price stayed flat or slightly declined in 2H June due to the interaction of quarter-end, slow reason and new smart phone launch effects. Therefore, recent NAND Flash market showed consolidating status.
Published Jun.18 2009,13:46 PM (GMT+8)
DDR2 1Gb eTT spot price has drop to the US$ 1.04 on June 12 from US$ 1.34 on May 11 with -22% MoM. The decline has been accelerated from the beginning of June, which price has almost reached the confidence limit-US$ 1. Spot price increased to 5% to US$ 1.09 this week since Hynix and Nanya try to keep increase contract price. The spot market shows the trend of ascending price with low transaction volume.
Published Jun.10 2009,14:53 PM (GMT+8)
NAND Flash contract price showed up and down in 1HJune, while the contract price for mainstream high-density MLC chips slightly declined 1% to 6% due to the slow season and quarter-end effects.
Published Jun.09 2009,17:06 PM (GMT+8)
Computex has been a spotlight to global buyers during 5-days exhibition and it is the best place to detect new technology trend in the second half of the year and for vendors to demonstrate their newly developed products. DDR3, high density module and over-clocking functionality are the main three topics in DRAM development.
Published May.26 2009,15:46 PM (GMT+8)
NAND Flash contract price remains flat in 2H May. Some mainstream MLC average contract price has slightly decline 2% to 6% due to the high density products promotion by some vendors in Mid-May.
Published May.22 2009,17:34 PM (GMT+8)
After DRAM price dropped for two years and remaining loss in eight consecutive quarters, most DRAM vendors are tight on cash now. The situation becomes more critical when the chip price has already remained below “Cash-Cost” level for past two quarters. Previously the low operating cash flow can be offset by the depreciation amount while price is above cash-cost level thus company can have higher chance to survive along with the financial loss.