techspot.com - 10/21/2009
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According to vice president of Nanya Technology, Pai Pei-Lin, contract prices for DRAM chips will continue to rise next month, and he foresees a supply shortage next year as the demand for PC replacement outpaces capacity expansion.
digitimes.com - 10/21/2009
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digitimes.com —
Contract quotes for DRAM chips will continue to
rise in November, according to Pai Pei-Lin, vice president...
and spokesperson of Nanya Technology. Pai also foresees a shortage of memory chips in 2010, as PC replacement demand will outpace capacity ...
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DRAM contract prices continuing rally through 4Q09; ...
maximumpc.com - 10/22/2009
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maximumpc.com —
Perhaps the DRAM market is on the road
to recovery after all. Business has picked up as...
of late, and according to Pai Pei-Lin, VP and spokesperson of Nanya Technology, contract prices for DRAM chips will continue to climb next month. In a sort of domino effect, Pai said he expects Windows 7 ...
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Memory Makers Predict DRAM Shortage in 2010
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iSuppli: DDR3 to account for 50.9% of DRAM shipments in Q2 2010
TechSpot —
... a meager 14.2% in 2009 and 1% in 2008. By the end of next year, DDR3 is expected to account for 72% of shipments. The firm provided various contributing reasons for the acceleration away from DDR2. For starters, Intel's latest CPU architecture, Nehalem, features an on-chip memory controller that only supports DDR3 RAM. As PC manufacturers gravitate toward Intel's new processor line, they must also employ DDR3 memory. It's also worth noting that DDR3 prices have fallen drastically, recently dipping below DDR2 -- not to mention that DDR3 is faster and more energy efficient.
iSuppli: DDR3 to account for over half of DRAM shipments by Q2 2010
TechSpot —
... a meager 14.2% in 2009 and 1% in 2008. By the end of next year, DDR3 is expected to account for 72% of shipments. The firm provided various contributing reasons for the acceleration away from DDR2. For starters, Intel's latest CPU architecture, Nehalem, features an on-chip memory controller that only supports DDR3 RAM. As PC manufacturers gravitate toward Intel's new processor line, they must also employ DDR3 memory. It's also worth noting that DDR3 prices have fallen drastically, recently dipping below DDR2 -- not to mention that DDR3 is faster and more energy efficient.
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