Spot Prices for 128MB DIMMs Rise
April 20, 2000 (TOKYO) -- The spot prices for 128MB dual inline memory modules (DIMMs) are on the rise in the world's three major regions due to a processor supply pick-up and more PC shipments.
While the prices of 128Mb DRAM chips have maintained a downward trend, the prices of a certain types of chips are rising.
A worldwide DRAM price survey conducted by ICIS-LOR, based in London, Houston and Singapore, showed that the 30-day rolling average prices of 128Mb DRAMs (PC133, 16M x 8) for large-volume users between March 2 and March 31, 2000 registered US$14.20 in North America, US$13.27 in Europe and US$13.50 in Asia. Compared to the previous week (30-day rolling average up to March 24), they fell by 4.19 percent in Europe and no change was observed in North America and Asia.
As for prices of memory modules, the spot price for 128MB DIMMs (PC133) rose by 0.65 percent from the previous week to US$88.28 in North America, 1.93 percent to US$97.70 in Europe and 0.02 percent to US$91.43 in Asia.
The PC trend is shifting towards 128Mb products. Nevertheless, many consumer PCs still carry 16Mb microprocessors. In future, DRAMs are to be diversified as double data rate (DDR)-compatible DRAMs and Rambus DRAMs have more market penetration.
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