DDR400 Module Prices Increase for the 1st Time in 6 Months
It seems that the bottom has finally been found on DDR1 modules as contract prices increase for the first time in 2005 for certain modules. Kingston raised up prices at the end of last week right when rumors of supply shortages started off in the DRAM market. Kingmax shortly followed suit early this week increasing their pricing due to “tight DRAM supply”, but doesn’t come as a shock following the previous week supply rumors.
It almost makes me wonder if DDR1 prices will continue to rise the rest of the year. More and more focus is being put into the NAND/Flash chips and with DDR2 production becoming larger by the day and toss in the supply/demand factor for DDR1 we might see ever climbing DDR1 pricing. This will force the market to adopt DDR2 and begin to phase out DDR1.
DRAM module prices had been falling since the beginning of the year, and only since the first half of this month has the price started rebounding. The average price of 512MB DDR and 256MB DDR DIMMs edged up to US$44.3 and US$22 this month, according to figures gathered from DRAMeXchange.
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