ASP for both DRAM and NAND flash chips went downhill in the spot market this week (Feb 14-18) after a stable trend since late January.
Some traders were dumping their stocks in the DRAM spot market this week believing that DRAM makers would release more of their chips to the spot market due to month-end pressure.
Some DRAM suppliers limited their shipments to the spot market earlier this month while expecting demand to rise soon to let them reap better profits.
As of noon of February 18, spot price of a branded 1Gb DDR3 and 2Gb DDR3 dropped by 3% and 5% to US$1.22 and US$2.08, respectively.
NAND flash ASP in the spot market this week was slow as some China-based downstream suppliers had yet to resume work from the Lunar New Year holidays.
However, with workers coming back to work next week, as well as improving demand from OEM suppliers, the overall NAND flash spot pricing is expected to surge, according to local traders.
As of noon of February 18, spot price of a 16Gb and 32Gb MLC dropped by 3% and 2% to US$4.21 and US$5.46, respectively.