Volgens C|NET heeft Micron bevestigd dat geheugenprijzen de komende tijd wederom zullen stijgen en dat de productiecapaciteit dit jaar krap zal blijven . Hieronder een gedeelte uit dit bericht.
Micron Technology, one of the world's leading memory makers, confirmed today that prices are heading higher, at least for the short term, and added that manufacturing capacity will remain tight through the end of the year.
Kipp Bedard, Micron's vice president of corporate affairs, said the company is no longer selling 64-megabit memory chips for less than $8.
Until recently, such chips were selling far below $8. According to South Korean officials, for example, the average price for 64-megabit DRAM made there was $6.57 in April, up from $5.93 in March.
"We just increased contract prices this week," Bedard said today in a question and answer session at the Robertson Stephens Semiconductor Conference in San Francisco.
Memory prices are the proverbial canary in a coal mine for the PC industry. When manufacturers found themselves saddled with too much inventory and too much factory capacity between 1995 and 1998, memory sold at, and even below, cost. The sub-$1,000 PC was a byproduct of this era.
Now, unanticipated demand for servers and consumer electronics is outstripping the ability of manufacturers to produce memory. Memory prices are rising, presaging an end to easy discounts. Memory makers are also returning to profitability.
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