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To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (16841)	12/14/2005 8:36:46 AM
From: matt dillabough	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25522

DRAMeXchange: NAND flash price drops accelerate - Digitimes Digitimes reports DRAM spot prices dropped only slightly over the week December 6-13 as some module houses and DRAM buyers showed stronger buying interest. NAND flash segments, on the other hand, reported accelerated price drops with high-density segments suffering the most. DRAMeXchange observed stronger demand from the China and US markets with some module houses attempting to collect more efficiently tested (eTT) chips, staring from December 12. Hynix Semiconductor and Micron Technology (MU) both received increasing inquires for DDR chips and demand for 512Mbit DDR2 533MHz also increased. However, despite demand rebounding last week, spot prices for all densities of NAND flash slipped at an accelerated pace. High-density (mainly 4Gbit and above) NAND flash parts drew the most attention during the first part of the week with MP3 players and memory cards makers as the main buyers