Spot prices for mainstream 1Gb DRAM chips continued trending downward today (September 21), with 1Gb DDR3 traded near US$2.
Prices for branded and effectively tested (eTT) 1Gb DDR3 both averaged US$2.09 during the afternoon trading session. Meanwhile, average prices for branded and eTT 1Gb DDR2 were US$1.77 and US$1.83, respectively.
For 1066MHz 1Gb DDR3, spot prices have slid at a gradual pace from the year's high levels in late March, commented Nobunaga Chai, analyst for semiconductors at Digitimes Research. The continued price weakness could imply that demand has not grown at the same pace as supply, Chai indicated.
Chai also warned that suppliers' bit production growth is likely to place further downward pressure on DRAM prices in the fourth quarter. Chai was quoted in previous reports predicting that global DRAM supply would outgrow demand in the last quarter of 2010.
Oh-Hyun Kwon, president of Samsung Electronics' chip division, was quoted in a recent report also expressing concerns about an oversupply of DRAM chips due to a slowdown in the PC market.