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To: Skeeter Bug who wrote (23337)	10/31/1997 1:23:00 AM
From: davesd	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 53903

Skeet, not sure if anyone posted this, and if someone did I'm sure you wouldn't mind reading it again.... TAIPEI, Taiwan -- The 16-megabit DRAM market has become a money-losing business, but some memory makers are still able to squeeze out a profit in special niches. Prices for a 16-Mbit DRAM on the spot market here dropped to below $4.00 this week, from $4.10 and above last week, according to a DRAM broker in Taiwan. ''I have 16-Mbit parts that sell for $3.85, but there's are no buyers out there,'' lamented the broker said. ''Everybody is a loser in the DRAM market right now. The more products vendors make, the more money they lose.'' There are some exceptions to the rule. Believe it or not, specialty-memories suppliers like Taiwan's Mosel-Vitelic Inc. is making a small profit on 4-Mbit DRAMs by selling them at about $2.50 a unit, the broker said. ''Mosel-Vitelic is one of the few vendors that's still selling 4-Mbit parts--everybody else has gotten out of the business,'' he added. dave