Fortunately for manufacturers of memory, the start of the new year was marked by substantial increases in prices for memory chips type DDR2 DRAM. For those who have not followed the market situation in recent months, we note that in the second half of last year, memory chips have fallen sharply in price, forcing the producers of the industry suffer record losses.
If, in the middle of last month`s price gigabit DDR2 eTT chips dropped to $ 0, 5, the current quotes DRAM-products Kingston Technology, Transcend Information, A-DATA Technology, PQI already reach $ 1 - an increase of 100% in the month. Industry sources note with optimism that prices will continue to grow in the near future to overcome the barrier of $ 1, 5. In connection with the evolving situation of A-DATA and PQI have expressed hope that the profitability of their businesses.
Of course, the growth of DDR2-chip prices have affected the cost of memory modules. Since late December, DRAM-ins went up by 10%. As of January 8, the highest quotation price gigabaytnyh DDR2-modules is $ 10, and contract prices for the first half of this month are about $ 8, 5, and soon could grow another 15-20%.
In the light of rising prices for DRAM products market analysts build optimistic forecasts about the financial performance of manufacturers of memory modules for the first quarter.
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