Samsung Electronics plans to raise its DRAM quotes 3% for the first half of June while competitors such as Hynix Semiconductor, Infineon Technologies, ProMOS technologies and Nanya Technology may follow suit, according to the Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN).
The DRAM makers are likely to raise their quotes this month, as DDR supply may run short of demand in the third quarter of this year amid capacity reallocation from DRAM to NAND flash memory, the paper said.
The paper quoted both Ben Tseng, vice president of Marketing & Sales Group of ProMOS, and Pei-Lin Pai, vice president of global sales marketing and spokesperson of Nanya, as saying that quotes for June will be higher than in May due to stronger demand from OEM makers.
When contacted, Tseng stated that DRAM quotes reached bottom in April and there is no further price-cutting room this month. However, ProMOS is still negotiating with its clients and would decide about a price increase after international DRAM makers raise their quotes, Tseng added.
The other companies were unavailable for comment at the time of publication
DRAMeXchange indicated recently that with quotes for 256Mbit DDR falling to US$2.25, which is below most DRAM makers’ costs, PC OEMs have raised their procurement quantity 20-30%.



