Last week was a quiet week for the DRAM market with little in the way of transactions. China and Europe buyers hesitated about buying since they believe future demand is grim. Despite the weak demand, China players were dumping branded DDR in the market. Both of these factors add up to a slow week. However, spot prices remained stable or dropped slightly.
From January 11-18, prices for eTT chips dropped from US$3.71 to a weekly low of US$3.65 then came back up to US$3.7 towards the end of the week.
As for SDRAM, spot prices for 64Mbit (4Mbit×16) and 256Mbit (32Mbit×8) chips performed better than for other types of chips.
Prices for 2Gbit NAND flash chips increased 2% to US$17 due to limited supply, with prices for other higher-density chips increasing slightly. Prices for 1Gbit chips dropped slightly, with lower-density parts staying flat.
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Jan 11-18: 256Mbit (32Mbit×8) DDR spot prices | |||||||
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Jan 11 |
Jan 12 |
Jan 13 |
Jan 14 |
Jan 17 |
Jan 18 |
Change |
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DDR400 |
4.08 |
4.07 |
4.07 |
4.07 |
4.07 |
4.06 |
(0.5%) |
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DDR333 |
3.86 |
3.84 |
3.84 |
3.87 |
3.89 |
3.91 |
1.3% |
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DDR266 |
3.73 |
3.71 |
3.71 |
3.71 |
3.71 |
3.71 |
(0.5%) |
Source: DRAMeXchange, compiled by DigiTimes, January 2005.
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Jan 11-18: SDRAM average spot prices (US$) | |||||||
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Jan 11 |
Jan 12 |
Jan 13 |
Jan 14 |
Jan 17 |
Jan 18 |
Change |
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1Mbit×16 PC-166 |
0.51 |
0.51 |
0.51 |
0.51 |
0.51 |
0.51 |
0.00% |
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4Mbit×16 PC-166 |
1.18 |
1.19 |
1.19 |
1.2 |
1.19 |
1.19 |
0.9% |
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8Mbit×16 PC-133 |
2.75 |
2.74 |
2.74 |
2.73 |
2.71 |
2.69 |
(2.2%) |
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16Mbit×16 PC-133 |
4.14 |
4.13 |
4.13 |
4.13 |
4.13 |
4.12 |
(0.5%) |
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16Mbit×8 PC-133 |
3.37 |
3.37 |
3.37 |
3.37 |
3.37 |
3.36 |
(0.3%) |
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32Mbit×8 PC-133 |
4.52 |
4.52 |
4.52 |
4.57 |
4.57 |
4.56 |
0.9% |
Source: DRAMeXchange, compiled by DigiTimes, January 2005.
Article translated by Jack Lu and edited by Jack Lu
