Latest quotes gathered by DRAMeXchange show that the price of DDR2 1Gb eTT chips has risen 25% (reported at 2:30pm in Taipei) since the first trading day after the Lunar new year holiday. Quotes for other mainstream DDR and DDR2 parts have increased by a 10-25% range. The quotes look likely to rise throughout the day.
"Qimonda's insolvency will have little immediate impact on the current oversupply situation in the DRAM market, since the company holds a small share of global production," said Nam Hyung Kim, director and chief analyst, memory, for iSuppli. "However, for the full year of 2009, Qimonda's insolvency means global DRAM bit shipment growth is now expected to be less than the 30% level, down from iSuppli's previous forecast of 35%."
DRAM prices up thanks to Qimonda insolvency
Posted on Tuesday, February 03 2009 @ 2:17 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck