[World DRAM Price] DRAM Prices Likely to Hold After April
April 5, 2000 (TOKYO) -- The spot prices and prices for large-volume users of 64Mb DRAMs continue to decline in the world's three major regions.
However, from April onwards the prices are expected to stop declining because demand for DRAMs is anticipated to become strong to meet the recent expansion of PC production.
First, it was anticipated that extra DRAMs would be injected into the spot market by Micron Technology Inc. of the United States, which received a cancellation from a major PC manufacturer. The anticipation was that the price would further drop. Observers say the markets have not been affected, however.
According to a world survey on DRAM prices by ICIS-LOR, which has bases in London, Houston and Singapore, the 30-day rolling average prices of 64Mb DRAMs (PC100 8M x 8) for large-volume users for Feb. 17 to March 17, 2000 were US$6.56 in North America, US$6.08 in Europe and US$6.25 in Asia.
In comparison with the preceding week (the 30-day rolling average up to March 10), North America decreased by 3.76 percent, Europe followed by 4.12 percent and Asia by 6.78 percent.
As for the prices of memory modules, the spot prices of 64Mb dual inline memory modules (DIMMs, PC100) fell 3.50 percent to US$40.25 in North America, by 2.88 percent to US$42.14 in Europe and by 3.16 percent to US$40.68 in Asia. (105.04 yen = US$1)
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