The DRAM and NAND flash spot markets continued to see weak demand throughout this week (June 27-July1) with only few transactions.
Leading memory module houses such as Kingston Technology stopped lowering their prices for the DRAM segment, but were unable to stimulate demand in the spot market.
Pricing for branded 4GB DDR3 modules and 2GB DDR3 modules fell by nearly 4% to less than US$13 and US$23, respectively.
As of noon, July 1, spot price of a branded 2Gb DDR3 chip had gone down 1% to US$1.49 and non-branded down 2% to US$1.28.
For the NAND Flash market, oversupply continued due to seasonality.
More chips from Toshiba were seen this week in the spot market. Tight supply from Toshiba due to power outage following Japan's March 11 quake has completely eased since mid June.
The overall outlook for NAND flash in the short term remains pessimistic with more supply expected in the third quarter.