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DRAM Pricing - A White Paper
White Papers This paper examines a few of the most important factors in DRAM pricing. DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory) is the world's best-selling electronic memory technology, commanding over half the total memory market in 2001.
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Koreans Set DRAM Price-rise Clock Ticking
News Samsung, Hyundai and LG Semicon will stop production of 16-megabit DRAM for up to eight days this month to try and end the slump in international spot pricing. A 25 per cent rise in DRAM pricing followed.
[July 9, 1997, 11:58]
Memory Makers Ride Out Downturn
News On average, prices on DRAM decline by about 32 percent per year, according to Dataquest. Facing slower sales, DRAM manufacturers used price reductions -- the only tool at their disposal -- to spur sales.
[August 8, 2001, 9:09]
Marc Ambasna-Jones's Diary
News Chatted to a few people who bought me lots of drinks, had too many flaming Drambouies and gossiped about DRAM pricing and the dancing technique of Vanguard Microelectronics's managing director John Byrne.
[January 24, 1998, 7:00]
Memory Price Rises Set To Continue
News Moving pricing from $1 for 128Mb to $5 was relatively easy for PC guys to accept," Norwood wrote, "as they knew that the DRAM companies were making big losses. At $5, most people should be making money, so the DRAM vendors are going to get a lot...
[March 13, 2002, 9:27]
Consumer Demand Calls For More Flash Memory
News Building NAND flash memory marks a change for Intel, which previously made only NOR flash memory and DRAM. As for Micron, the company gains the capital investment needed to increase its NAND market share, a strategy in line with its effort to...
[November 22, 2005, 14:10]
Memory Market Edges Up
News The DRAM market edged up slightly during the second quarter of 2003, while Samsung continued its reign as the top maker of dynamic RAM by revenue, according to a report released this week by Gartner. Revenue in the market for DRAM, which is mainly...
[August 15, 2003, 16:50]
PC Market Ripe For A Rebound
News While we take caution in calling a turnaround in this early stage, we expect the DRAM market to remain stable and note that supply conditions should only improve going forward," he added. The PC [manufacturers] are starting to go back to the DRAM...
[March 16, 2001, 10:24]
Hynix Fined $185m For DRAM Price Fixing
News The US Department of Justice announced Thursday that Hynix Semiconductor has agreed to plead guilty to criminal antitrust violations over DRAM price fixing and pay a $185m (£96.7m) fine. Hynix is the latest DRAM maker to reach a settlement with the...
[April 22, 2005, 9:45]
Falling EDO Prices, NT 4.0 Make For Tough Chipset Choices
News However, many vendors immediately saw that with the dual-CPU support of NT 4.0 still some way off, the VX looked a faster choice because it supported speed Synchronous DRAM (SDRAM). Now, some vendors say that the fall in EDO RAM pricing has made...
[August 2, 1996, 17:18]
The Day Ahead: Solectron Tempers Rosy Outlook ... For Now
News DRAM pricing: In its previous conference call, Solectron noted that DRAM (dynamic random access memory) could be a big problem because shortages would boost prices. Wang changed her projection and said the DRAM market isn't going to be as tight as...
[September 12, 2000, 11:50]
Price-fixing Probe Detects Obstructions
News The notes also contained reference to what competitors were selling DRAM for, according to the charges in the plea bargain. Alfred Censullo, who until the plea bargain served as Micron's regional sales manager for upstate New York, was charged in...
[December 18, 2003, 10:10]
The Future's Rosy For Big Blue
News The market for DRAM, or dynamic random access memory, chips has been facing considerable pricing pressure in recent years. As part of IBM's steady shift to more profitable business lines, Gerstner suggested that IBM might exit the market for DRAM...
[May 13, 1999, 16:18]
Memory Prices Fading Fast
News The contract, or wholesale, price generally paid by major PC manufacturers for 64-megabit DRAM chips is now around $3.80, according to Eric Ross, an analyst at Thomas Weisel Partners. Much of what the DRAM guys do is grow capacity through shrinks...
[December 20, 2000, 16:04]
Pentium 4 PC Prices Plunge
News Until now, Pentium 4 PCs had been available only with Intel's 850, which required Rambus DRAM. The preference for SDRAM computers isn't likely to spill over into a love of DDR DRAM, a faster version of SDRAM.
[September 11, 2001, 9:02]
Intel: Pentium 4 To Clock Up 1.8GHz
News The chipset, code-named "Brookdale", will allow the Pentium 4 to work with less-expensive synchronous DRAM memory. It could be that Intel is looking to close up holes where AMD could squeeze in with a unique clock speed and pricing," said Kevin...
[June 19, 2001, 8:46]
Hynix Edges Up Memory Makers' Rankings
News Hynix's strong presence in the legacy and graphics DRAM segments, which had strong pricing, enabled it to outgrow its rivals," Andrew Norwood, principal analyst with Gartner, said in a statement. Meanwhile, DRAM vendors are increasing their capital...
[July 30, 2004, 14:55]
Intel Chipset Boosts 400MHz Production
News Memory makers are shifting gears to boost production of a high-speed version of double data rate DRAM, the result of a shift in the Intel product line. The majority of double data rate (DDR) DRAM, the most common form of memory found in computers...
[January 30, 2003, 10:41]
DRAM Price Crash Looming
News This should push pricing back up," he said. The lull in PC sales is having its affects on a number of tier two vendors but Vanguard md Roy Taylor has hinted that Intel's attempt to standardise on the PII architecture could push more PC makers...
[March 3, 1998, 13:57]
Applied Materials Pleases Analysts As Chip Sector Recovers
News The near-term outlook for our industry is favourable, with an improved DRAM pricing environment, healthy PC demand and a strong U.S.economy," said Morgan. In the quarter, Applied Materials, the world's largest chip equipment maker, reported first...
[February 17, 1999, 12:30]
