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To: Michael Bakunin who wrote (61887)	6/9/1999 5:09:00 PM
From: gnuman	Respond to of 132070

China invests big in chip production Don't know if this is new to the thread. Basically a joint venture with NEC to make 64meg Drams, along with other devices. With their claimed future capacity coming on-line, the glut would seem to only get worse. (Wonder if Bill would bring "dumping" charges against the Chinese?) <g> Looked at some DRAM history, and it appears over capacity started in late ‘95. A Sept ‘96 article had 8mByte SIMM's dropping to $69.00. (Down from >$150 earlier in the year). The reason given for the price decline was the growth in DRAM makers fueled by historically high DRAM prices. Now 64meg DIMM's go for ~$60.00 on the street. Which indicates that perhaps "Moore's law" is the culprit. It wasn't unusual for a PC to have four SIMM's in the mid nineties. Today a single DIMM provides double the memory for one fourth the price. (Of four 8mb SIMM'S). JMHO's zdnet.co.uk