PC Memory should make up 10 percent of the total system cost
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A combination of consistently tight supply and strong demand is not only sustaining the firm pricing of DDR2, but it could also drive the cost of DRAM supplied with PC systems to more than 10% of the cost of an individual PC, according to industry players. The industry normally regards the 10% figure as an ideal DRAM cost benchmark for PCs.
he ideal amount of DRAM for a PC system running the upcoming consumer version of Microsoft’s Vista operating system (OS) has been suggested as 1GB. Two 512MB DDR2-667 DIMMs will then cost, on average, US$90.4 and exceed the 10% benchmark. Concerned about the rising cost of memory, some PC OEMs are now giving less emphasis to the DRAM amount per Vista-ready system, according to DRAMeXchange.
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