Much to the chagrin of memory makers (and delight of consumers), DRAM contract prices have remained static in the second half of June, but that's getting ready to change. Memory makers expect supply to tighten up in July as more orders continue to come in following stronger demand from PC makers.
Looking longer term, industry sources indicate contract prices for DRAM chips have started showing signs of a rebound and should continue to improve for the rest of the year. Furthermore, the price gap between branded finished memory chips and eTT (effective tested) chips is expected to widen significantly in the second half of 2009, DigiTimes reports.
If you've been putting off that memory upgrade, now might be a good time to pull the trigger.
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Elucidate
June 27, 2009 at 10:40am
Coincidentally, I was poking around the new Macbook's see what the cost is for a new one. I thought it was a glitch in their system (or upgrading that much meant new MOBO, etc), but to upgrade from 4 GB to 8 GB is $1000 more to the purchase price. Now after reading this article, it makes me think it was not a glitch.
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topshooter
June 26, 2009 at 5:42pm
is this like the 4th time in about 2 months period, that we're being "warned" about ram prices going up...?
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