DRAM Prices on an Upswing, Chipmakers Hopeful of an Early Recovery
DRAM Prices on an Upswing, Chipmakers Hopeful of an Early Recovery
Posted 04/17/2009 at 8:45am
| by Paul Lilly
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The memory market is in desperate need of some good news, and it just might be getting it. Citing un-named industry sources, DigiTimes says Taiwan's DRAM chip suppliers are eyeing an early recovery as the spot price of DDR2 1Gb eTT chips continues to rise significantly.
DDR2 chips climbed 6 percent to close at $1.2 yesterday, and is up again slightly to $1.21 today. According to DRAMeXchange, estimated DDR2 contract prices will very likely rise anywhere from 15 to 20 percent sequentially in the second quarter of 2009, after having remained flat since February.
That means if you're looking to score one final DDR2 upgrade this year, now might be the best time to do so.
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ms03exile
April 18, 2009 at 9:29am
Well great advice for those with DDR2 platform, but in my opinion DD3 price will continue to drop as AMD is going steady with AM3 platform and Intel with its upcoming I5/P55 combo.
Yeah go upgrade now... DDR2 is on the rise but DD3 will continue to drop. Again thanks for the great article.
MaXimum PC RoCKs.
miller
April 17, 2009 at 11:37pm
Hi,
A very smart and diplomatic answer. It’s really appreciable and generous.
Miller
quadcoregammer
April 17, 2009 at 4:59pm
Buy NOW its cheap and affordable for the fastest stuff.
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BaggerX
April 17, 2009 at 3:36pm
I just bought 12GB of DDR3 a couple days ago. Should last me quite a while. Glad I got it now :)
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