Micron: DRAM Prices Likely as Low as They're Going to Get
Micron: DRAM Prices Likely as Low as They're Going to Get
Posted 02/10/2012 at 1:59pm
| by Paul Lilly
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At a time when hard drive prices are up, motherboard prices might be going up, and solid state drives (SSDs) are still comparatively expensive (per gigabyte), the DRAM market may have finally bottomed out. That's the feeling from Micron president Mark Adams, who heads the only U.S.-based DRAM maker still in existence. According to Adams, DRAM prices have finally hit rock bottom.
"I don't think DRAM goes down from here. It's starting to feel like a stable market," Adams told Bloomberg in an interview.
It's Adams' first prediction as Micron's president, a role he was promoted to after former CEO Steve Appleton was killed in a plane crash last week. As far as Micron sees it, the problem DRAM makers face is an oversupply of parts. But now that memory makers are cutting down on production and the hard drive shortage is starting to ease up, which in turn will lead to more PC sales, Micron sees RAM prices going up, or at least no longer going down.
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JLloyd13
April 10, 2012 at 2:48pm
i just bought 8gb of patriot sector 5 1600mhz for $40. i hope prices stay low, if my motherboard had 4slots or supported 8gb dimms i would be rocking 16
AMD Phenom II X4 B55 (UNLOCKED RANA, NO L3)
Biostar A880GZ
8GB Patriot Sector 5 1600MHz (2x4GB)
250GB Western Digital SATA 1.5GBS
Thermaltake V4
LPS ULTRA 550wattnot a gamer, built the whole thing less then $300 with win8 and linux
TechLarry
February 13, 2012 at 11:55am
I never believe this stuff when I hear it. Just like I never believe anything about "Shortages", which I think are attempts to spike demand and drive up prices.
sdcat
February 11, 2012 at 11:52pm
I believed not too long ago I just read the HD market won't really ease up later towards the end of the year.
He certainly try hard to drive up the ram price. In some of the trading field, this tactic may be illegal. ;)
livebriand
February 10, 2012 at 5:14pm
That very well could be. The RAM in my desktop cost $100 in Jan 2010 when I bought it. Now, it's $30. Man I feel ripped off... it's too bad that I don't need any more ram right now though (already have 8GB in my main PC and 4GB in my secondary one).
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