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To: Gottfried who wrote (34615)	3/22/2000 10:00:00 AM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 70976

Contract Prices for 64Mb DRAMs Continue Falling March 22, 2000 (TOKYO) -- The 30-day rolling average prices for 64Mb DRAM microchips for large users and spot prices are falling in the world's three major technology markets. Since Feb. 24, spot prices rose, but they then turned to decline once again. The common market mechanism of "don't buy if the price is high" seemed to have set in. According to a worldwide survey conducted by ICIS-LOR, the 30-day rolling average prices (Feb. 3 - March 3, 2000) for 64Mb DRAM microchips (PC100, 8M x 8) for large users were US$7.02 in North America, US$6.96 in Europe and US$7.27 in Asia. Compared with the previous week's 30-day rolling averages up to Feb. 25, the prices declined by 6.79 percent in North America, by 8.92 percent in Europe and by 7.25 percent in Asia. ICIS-LOR is based in London, Houston and Singapore. Regarding prices for memory modules, the spot prices for 64MB dual inline memory modules (DIMMs, PC100) fell 6.91 percent from the previous week to US$44.56 in North America. Also, they declined 5.97 percent to US$45.50 in Europe and 5.92 percent to US$44.03 in Asia. Specialists expect that the average prices for 128Mb DRAMs will decline to be even less expensive than the unit price of 64Mb DRAMs. In accordance with this trend, the average amount of memory for a PC will likely increase. Low-priced PC models can now be equipped with 128Mb worth of DRAM memory as standard.