The Register schrijft dat de geheugen prijzen in de afgelopen week een stijging van 30% hebben gemaakt, volgens The Register omdat distributeurs bewust aansturen op een situatie waarbij het aanbod van geheugenchips overtroffen wordt door de vraag:
There are many rumours circulating in the industry for the reasons behind the price hikes - some no doubt started by distributors keen to cash in on the rise.There doesn't appear to be a chip shortage - manufacturers are still able to meet demand. But demand is starting to catch up with supply. And some distributors' stocks do appear to be low, which has prompted fears that manufacturers and OEMs are ramping up prices to compensate for selling below cost in recent months.
There are also reports from Asia of a printed circuit board shortage, which is causing problems for the assembly houses.
In de Memory Module Index van Global Sources zijn de prijzen overigens nog redelijk stabiel:
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