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To: SJS who wrote (33245)	11/17/1999 8:30:00 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 70976

[World DRAM Price] Contract Price Shows Increase, Spot Price Declines November 17, 1999 (TOKYO) -- Although the price of DRAMs for large users remains on an upward trend, the spot price of DRAMs, which had been rising since September, took a downward turn. The 30-day rolling average until Oct. 29 decreased more than 10 percent. According to ICIS-LOR, the 30-day rolling average of 64Mb DRAM (PC100, 8M x 8) prices for large users between Sept. 30 and Oct. 29 was US$9.77 in North America, US$10.65 in Europe and US$9.77 in Asia. ICIS has bases in London, Houston and Singapore. Compared with the 30-day rolling average prices up to Oct. 22, it increased 5.19 percent in North America, 8.95 percent in Europe and 6.17 percent in Asia. The spot price for 64MB dual inline memory modules (DIMMs, PC100) decreased 12.92 percent from the previous week to US$101.86 in North America. It fell 12.06 percent to US$108.86 in Europe and decreased 11.58 percent to US$105.70 in Asia. The 30-day rolling average prices of 64MB DRAMs for large users have been rising since September. Although the spot price has been declining after posting a steep rise due to the Taiwan earthquake in September, it is still three times the July level. Because of such increases in DRAM prices, memory capacities for PCs have been restricted. Some PC manufacturers are scaling down memories for low-end products to 32MB from 64MB.