Chip Testers heeft een artikeltje in elkaar geschroefd over de extreme DRAM prijs stijgingen van dit moment:
What do you get when you have millions of angry customers storming your local Best Buys and Comp USA stores fighting for the new "free PC's"? Part shortages. Surely you've heard of the supply/demand price model - price goes up when demand increases or supply decreases. In this case, both are true. Manufacturers in Taiwan and surrounding countries have been ramping down memory production for almost a year now after the "depression" of last year. Taiwan also suffered a huge blackout in early August which left a majority of the country without power for two hours - in the process screwing the Taiwanese chip makers. An estimated 1-2% of the world's memory was lost because of that.It may be considered unethical and illegal in most places, but apparently the memory manufacturers of the world have been very cooperative in their stand against operating losses. It is common to see rapid increases on the order of $10-$20 accross the board. Don't worry though - after demand drops down, which it inevitably will, these companies will be forced back into competition and the prices will fall...
