RAM Prices To Fall Below Production Cost

KingFishKingFish
edited January 2005 in Science & Tech
With growing capacity outstripping lacklustre demand due to stagnant PC sales, ABN-AMRO analyst Crystal Lee said she saw DRAM prices falling to an average of $3 in the first quarter.
"It will drop about 30 percent compared to the fourth quarter (average) and then another 20 percent in the second quarter," Lee said.

However, she expected a switch to a new DRAM chip called DDR2 to brake the price side in the second half.
Submitted by: GHoosdum

Source: Reuters

Comments

  • JustinJustin Atlanta
    edited January 2005
    Hooray for cheap RAM!!!! :rolleyes:
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited January 2005
    Why :rolleyes: ?

    Cheap RAM is a good thing.
  • MountainDewMountainDew Kentwood, MI
    edited January 2005
    Why? Cheap RAM is a good thing.

    Hence the "Hooray"...
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited January 2005
    Yes, however sincere comments aren't typically followed by a rolling of the eyes, are they?
  • ShivianShivian Australia
    edited January 2005
    Time to get that mem upgrade I'd been waiting on :D
  • TBonZTBonZ Ottawa, ON Icrontian
    edited January 2005
    Yeah, I'm with Thrax on that one. :scratch:

    I'll be loading up myself. Buying cheap DDR is like buying good stock, we all know that the price drop will not last long and DDR1 still will have a very useful life for a good long time. If you're a system builder and seller, that RAM will give your bottom line a nice little increase over the long haul.
  • muddocktormuddocktor
    edited January 2005
    Yeah, I'm still getting good service from some ECC ddr I bought last time ram prices were cheap. I'd gotten some Crucial reg ECC 2100 for around $35 a stick. Around the same time I'd also bought some Crucial pc133 sdram for just a little over $20. Both in 256 MB size.
  • TBonZTBonZ Ottawa, ON Icrontian
    edited January 2005
    Wow mudd, sdram averages 69.99 here for ss mem and 119.99 for ds mem in 256. That's with our dollar averaging .82CDN against the US dollar, sheesh, I'm feeling so ripped off.
  • danball1976danball1976 Wichita Falls, TX
    edited January 2005
    This is a never ending vicious cycle that can make or break some companies. It'll always go back up after awhile.
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