With the short-term ups and downs from mid-December ’09, DDR3 1333Mhz 1Gb spot price has climbed 23% to $3.01 from $2.45. According to DRAMeXchange, PC shipment with DDR3 platform will reach 60% of total PC shipment already in Q1 2010, which is attributed by the aggressive migration plans by PC-OEMs. Besides, in Q1 2010 DDR3 demand will likely sharply rise since Intel plans to pull up the DDR3-support chipset portion to 60%. As a result, tight DDR3 supply will happen in the slow season and DRAM vendors expect DDR3 will have the sustainable upward pricing momentum in January.
DDR3 demand very strong
Posted on Thursday, January 14 2010 @ 0:07 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck
X-bit Labs reports DDR3 pricing is going up due to heavy demand: