[World DRAM Price] Spot Price of 256Mb DRAMs Declines More Than 50 Pct. in 6 Months
August 1, 2001 (TOKYO) -- The 30-day rolling average spot prices of 128Mb DRAMs declined to US$1.00 in Asia.
There is no exception to the trend as concerns 256Mb DRAMs; their prices declined to less than half compared with the prices six months ago. Between the end of 2000 and the first quarter of 2001, there was a DRAM generation transition, or bit-cross, from 64Mb to 128Mb through price competition, resulting in a severe price decline trend. It seems that history will repeat itself, in that there will be a next price competition between 256Mb DRAMs and 128Mb DRAMs in the second half of 2001.
According to a worldwide DRAM price survey conducted by ICIS-LOR, based in London, Houston and Singapore, the 30-day rolling average prices of 128Mb DRAMs (PC133, 16M x 8) from June 14-July 13, 2001 for large-volume users were US$3.01 in North America, US$3.07 in Europe, and US$3.00 in Asia.
Compared with the previous week (30-day rolling average prices through July 6), the prices fell 5.95 percent in North America, 4.73 percent in Europe, and 7.04 percent in Asia.
As for memory-module prices, the spot price of 128MB DIMMs (PC133) fell 5.34 percent to US$16.70 in North America, 12.05 percent to US$18.03 in Europe, and 11.08 percent to US$15.60 in Asia.
Table: 30-Day Rolling Averages of 128Mb DRAMs (PC133, 16M x 8) June 14-July 13, 2001 (survey by ICIS-LOR)Area
Contract price
Week-on-week comparison
North America
US$3.01
-5.95%
Europe
US$3.07
-4.73%
Asia
US$3.00
-7.04%
*Week-on-week comparison is the comparison with the 30-day rolling averages of June 7-July 6, 2001.
Previous report: Spot Price of 128Mb DRAMs Continues to Drop
(Tamao Kikuchi, Nikkei Market Access) |
