To: Czechsinthemail who wrote (8550 ) 9/25/2000 8:42:46 AM From: DJBEINO Respond to of 9582 `DRAM Prices Not Expected to Continue Falling Further' Amid concerns about the spiraling prices of the 64 megabit DRAM (dynamic random access memory) chips in the international spot market, U.S. analysts have said that the fall will stop soon. Traditionally, one analyst said, the end of a quarter is a time when chipmakers cut prices to cut down on their inventory and this has also been the case in the third quarter. ``The downward adjustment of prices during this time of the quarter is usual and by no means indicates a long-term trend of continued fall in DRAM prices,'' he said. The analyst said contacts with makers of products like personal computers have shown that their purchase of DRAM chips will increase drastically within the next few weeks. He went on to say that while the introduction of Windows 2000 did not generate the kind of demand in personal computers as had been expected but the market potential is still very strong. In addition, the analyst said, there has been increasing demand in terms of system upgrading and those in information and communications with the popularity of portable electronic devices. The prices of 64M DRAMs, which are still the current market standard, has been falling sharply over the past couple of weeks, raising concerns that they may reach new lows as chipmakers hike production. However, said one official of Samsung Electronics, the market situation for DRAMs and other memory devices remains very stable and profitable. ``Because of our ability to cut production costs by adopting more advanced design rules, we are able to cope with falling prices. A price of $7 is certainly not something that we cannot handle,'' he said. 2000/09/25 17:46 ++++++++++++ DRAM prices are actually UP:dramexchange.com