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To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (3914)	1/26/2000 10:34:00 AM
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[World DRAM Price] DRAM Spot Prices Rise in Asia January 26, 2000 (TOKYO) -- The spot prices for 64Mb DRAM microchips, which have had an underlying tone of decline, bounced back in Asia. Their daily index turned around to rise in both North America and Europe. A worldwide DRAM price survey conducted by ICIS-LOR, which is based in London, Houston and Singapore, showed that the 30-day rolling average prices of 64Mb DRAMs (PC100 8M x 8) for large users up until Jan. 7, 2000 from Dec. 9, 1999 registered US$10.55 in North America, US$10.50 in Europe and US$11.00 in Asia. Compared to the previous week (30-day rolling average until Dec. 31), they fell by 2.48 percent in North America, 1.25 percent in Europe and no change was observed in Asia. As for prices of memory modules, the spot price of 64Mb dual inline memory modules (PC100) fell 1.63 percent from the previous week to US$65.22, 2.17 percent to US$66.10 in Europe whereas it rose 0.78 percent to US$64.90 in Asia. The reason why the spot prices turned around into rises was because the PC market is growing steadily . If the bit demand for DRAM microchips increases as it does each year, it is likely that there will be a DRAM shortage in 2000. Nevertheless, if prices go up due to the supply shortage, PC manufacturers will immediately deal with the problem by decreasing the main memory in their products. Therefore, it is not likely that the DRAM market will outpace the PC market. nikkeibp.asiabiztech.com