Wait for the contract price of NOR Flash main products that the products store the use of the control software to present Kui to disobey two drop that came in the second quarter as the digital household appliance, invite the price that has kept steady since spring of 2005 to inform crash after all. Trace it to its cause, it is that a manufacturer is fierce in price competition mainly, including the buyer requires to make a reduction strong attitude. Headed by maximum factory U.S.A. Spansion of NOR Flash at present, it is numerous to appear in manufacturers of loss, it will cause larger pressure to the owner's operation that the price drops.
Buyers such as semi-conductive manufacturer and electrical home appliances, mobile phone manufacturer,etc. carry on the negotiation every three months essentially in the price of contract of NOR Flash. The price is 180 days - 200 Japanese yen for one to use 32Mb product for second quarter to the low price mobile phone of the overseas market, digital camera, relatively the flat fare of the first quarter drops by 40 Japanese yen. Use of products such as printer, DVD broadcaster, employ wider 16Mb to also drop by 10 Japanese yen, each price becomes 110 days - 130 Japanese yen.
Except that the mobile phone of growth used the products, relatively presented the demand to ease up outside the phenomenon at the same period last year by a wide margin, in order to fight for the city taking rate, outside the large factory, manufacturer of Taiwan,etc. also launches the price offensive, cause the crash of the price. On the other hand, the buyer is also reason of gliding etc. by producing the selling price of the products, require reduction, although NOR Flash manufacturer refuses on the grounds of suffering the loss, the price has already kept stabilizing the state for a long time, have reduction correctly finally. Though some manufacturers predict that begin to present the Olympic demand order of Beijing this autumn, but it is still difficult for the price in short term to take off the tendency of falling.