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Published Aug.04 2009,16:53 PM (GMT+8)
According to DRAMeXchange, with the production cut effect in DRAM contract price, PC system vendors continue replenishing their DRAM inventory under the low pricing status and it resulted in the 23% growth contract price in 2Q09. Given the tight supply, spot price also hikes that DDR2 1Gb 667MHz chip spot price once reached US$1.27 in May and it was anticipated to reach US$1.5 by the quarter end.
Published Jul.30 2009,18:17 PM (GMT+8)
Benefited from NAND Flash suppliers' production-cut effect and restock demand from emerging market, NAND Flash ASP rose about 20% QoQ in 2Q09. Total branded NAND Flash shipment increased about 10% QoQ and it resulted in the overall branded NAND Flash makers' revenue improvement in 2Q09. 2Q09 branded NAND Flash makers' total sales increased 33.6% QoQ to US$2.786bn from US$2.086bn in 1Q09.
Published Jul.23 2009,18:58 PM (GMT+8)
2HJuly mainstream MLC NAND Flash contract price slightly declined around 0-4%. Due to the different customer mix and client demand for different NAND Flash suppliers, the mainstream MLC contract price continued to stay flat or slightly declined in 2H July.
Published Jul.21 2009,17:39 PM (GMT+8)
Given the 5% upward pricing in term 1H'July, DDR3 contract price for 2H'July hikes again due to tight DDR3 supply and aggressiveness in inventory replenishment for PC-OEMs.
Published Jul.13 2009,14:36 PM (GMT+8)
End-customer’s purchase willingness in early July is cautious since July is traditionally regarded as the slow season for NAND Flash main products such as memory card and UFD. Inventory level for some card makers is still above one month. NAND Flash vendors slightly lower mainstream MLC NAND Flash contract price to enhance the purchase volume. Therefore, 1HJuly contract price of mainstream MLC NAND Flash slightly decreased 1%-5%.
Published Jul.07 2009,17:24 PM (GMT+8)
1HJuly DDR3 contract price shows the upward pricing momentum again since 2H’June contract price remains flat. DDR3 1066Mhz 2GB is up 5% to US$ 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.