Memory chip research company inSpectrum recently said that due to the cautious attitude of most PC makers to DDR3 memory, DDR3 memory prices will continue to decline in the second half. With the market position is not guaranteed, DDR2 memory prices have even further increased the decline.
InSpectrum believes that 2GB DDR3 memory prices will be maintained at about 44 US dollars in the second half, a decrease of 1%. DDR2 memory prices will drop by 6% to 36 US dollars over the same period.
Although most storage vendors have not substantially lowered their memory prices yet, they are concerned that they will bear greater pressure to lower prices in August because they know that PC makers are very cautious about the third quarter's purchase of memory, and the latter have been Complained about the high cost of the memory bill of materials, and demanded lower prices.
InSpectrum said that in order to balance the price of memory, most PC manufacturers started supply negotiations in the third quarter at the end of June, and many transactions are nearing completion. Although PC makers are eager to lower memory prices, memory manufacturers do not expect Will give loose on the price, after all, everyone is cautious about the third quarter of PC shipments.
The spot price of DRAM is still no improvement at present, and the demand for retail channels has not shown signs of improvement. Instead, the demand for DDR1 used by some old systems has increased, but inSpectrum believes that this situation will not last long.