Onprettig nieuws bij The Register: door de prijsdalingen en toenemende vraag naar DRAM chips zal er volgens Dataquest in de komende 18 maanden een tekort aan DRAM chips ontstaan. De prijzen zullen over een paar maand dus weer omhoog gaan (of stabiliseren):
Expect DRAM to be in short supply in 18 months' time -- that's the warning market researcher Dataquest sounded yesterday.It's an interesting conclusion, not least because of the semiconductor industry is currently experiencing a DRAM surplus and prices are falling.
Dataquest believes that increased demand for PCs, consumer electronics kit and communications devices, which together account for two-thirds of the semiconductor market, will boost demand for memory, in turn limiting supply and pushing up prices.
