Market activities are slow down.

:: Market activities are slow down due to Asian Holiday.

Asia is in Lunar New Year Holiday this week; therefore lots of companies are closed. Spot market transactions are all slow down even in US and Europe. :: SDRAM prices are still trying to rise up.

:: SDRAM prices are still trying to rise up.

SDRAM quotation prices are still trying to rise up a little bit, but not much real transactions have been done. Just some traders aggregate small amount inventory by speculation which implies there are not much real end demand in US and Europe for SDRAM.

:: DDR module prices are down to middle of 30.

DDR chip/component transaction volumes are down a lot for the past few days. However, module businesses are still going on in US and Europe although prices are trending down to middle of 30 for 256MB DDR 266MHz module. Now, for 256MB DDR 266MHz are selling around $35 level, 333MHz are around $40~42, even 400MHz are just around $45.

:: Another quiet week for this holiday season.

Not until the Mainland China market comes back to work next week, the DRAM spot market will still keep in slow moving. DDR prices are still looking slightly down, SDRAM keeps a relative stable and up a little bit. It will be just another quiet week for DRAM spot market.