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To: Sun Tzu who wrote (53604)	10/3/2001 8:27:19 AM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 70976

[World DRAM Price] Sales of Direct RDRAMs Brisk in September October 3, 2001 (TOKYO) -- The worldwide declining trend for DRAM prices has continued, but sales of Direct RDRAMs were brisk. The 30-day rolling average price of 128Mb DRAMs (PC133, 16 x 8) for large-volume users declined to under the US$2 level in three major regions: North America, Europe and Asia. As the price of Intel Corp.'s Pentium 4 microprocessor for PCs dropped dramatically, its demand increased. At the same time the supply of synchronous DRAM chipset was insufficient. This triggered the increase in demand for Direct RDRAM chipsets. According to the worldwide survey of DRAM prices by ICIS-LOR, an information service company based in London, Houston and Singapore, the rolling average prices of 128Mb DRAMs (PC133, 16M x 8) for the 30-day period ending on Sept. 14 (Aug. 16-Sept. 14) for large-volume users was US$1.76 for North America, US$1.90 for Europe, and US$1.85 for Asia. In comparison with the previous week (the 30-day rolling average ending on Sep. 7), the figures represent a decrease of 6.33 percent for North America, a decrease of 7.54 percent for Europe, and a decrease of 6.88 percent for Asia. As for the prices of memory modules, the spot prices for 128MB DIMMs (PC133) fell from the previous week by 2.15 percent to US$12.48 in North America, and also fell by 2.23 percent to US$13.03 in Europe, and were down by 0.60 percent to US$12.36 in Asia. Table: 30-Day Rolling Averages of 128Mb DRAMs (PC133, 16M x 8) Aug. 16-Sept. 14, 2001 (survey by ICIS-LOR)Area Contract price Week-on-week comparison North America US$1.76 -6.33% Europe US$1.90 -7.54% Asia US$1.85 -6.88% *Week-on-week comparison is the comparison with the 30-day rolling averages of Aug. 9-Sept. 7, 2001. Previous report: Terror Attack Has No Visible Effect on DRAM Prices (Tamao Kikuchi, Nikkei Market Access)