The data display from online trade website DRAMeXchange of the chip, within two weeks in the past, the amount of decrease of contract price of the major DRAM chip approaches 18%, the historical record innovated.
DRAMeXchange data display, during the second half of the month of September, are accompanied by the bargaining between chip manufacturer and PC manufacturer, the average contract price of DRAM chip falls to 1.44 dollars, but in the first half of the month of September, the average contract price of DRAM chip is 1.75 dollars.
The analyst points out, DRAM chip industry appears greatly the price glides at present, it is in close relations to get on horse in the production line with the previous storage chip manufacturer blindly, thus cause the price among the manufacturers in the industry to come as a hard blow at, bring the malignant competition.
After Microsoft put out Windows Vista system, chip manufacturers thought consumers will accept Windows Vista system quickly joyfully, because compared with Windows XP system, the former needs more memory capacity, storage chip manufacturers expect Windows Vista can spur his consumption growth of product. But turn out contrary to one's wishes, the favouring of Windows XP users not only make Vista system quite awkward but also bring the trouble to storage chip manufacturer at the same time, have caused the serious excess of supply over demand of the chip finally.
The quotations of dropping of market price of the storage chip at present, it is the good news to consumer: PC manufacturer can take this opportunity to add the memory on one's own apparatus at cheap price, or free gift users, meanwhile, the own memory capacity of the staging that consumers can be direct, but the speech after all, consumers become the benefited colony of maximum. But complain incessantly to manufacturer: The storage chip price has already been well below the production cost on the market at present. In the financial report which the scientific and technological manufacturer has released recently, most DRAM manufacturers' wealth newspaper has been shown losses, profit is only Samsung.
The analyst thinks, such terrible market of storage chip may present the weak are the prey of the strong - -The company with strong capability may merge the rival with weaker capability. Including auspicious silver group (UBS) Analyst think Micron Technology with Company, Qimonda of Germany, launch relevant to negotiate already on amalgamating in inner numerous analyst by Uche Orji. But two companies comment on this has been refused at present.
Some DRAM chip manufacturers attempt to adjust the supply and demand of market through controlling the productivity, but this is not enough to make the market of storage chip reverse. Take any measure for the moment, can only exert an influence on the productivity in November, but when until November, the stock before vacation of doing shopping of gold is run out, at a time when the traditional demand slows period down.
The second largest DRAM manufacturer Hynix semiconductor in the world claimed to close two families annual and long, be engaged in 8 inches of ( 200mm) last week The manufacture base of chip production, some analysts think this measure may urge to promote DRAM price, but from present's view not effective. Organization Gartner semi-conductive department's chief analyst rew Norwood represents the market survey, Hynix semiconductor produce DRAM memory, mainly produce N flashing memory on base of these two chips closed, and on the present market, N flashing memory price dropping continuously.
