DRAM vendors finally take stronger stance over price negotiation on the back of series of capacity-cut announcements and pre-stock demand prior to the Chinese New Year (late January).

Amid series of capacity cut announcements, many downstream brokers/agents/distributors have already claimed that they will hold strong stance over pricing. Vendors thus try to take this chance to raise their prices. Price of 1Gb DDR2 branded chip were up 5.7% today (January 6) to USD0.78.

Price manipulation was also seen in eTT segment today, albeit a weaker growth momentum due to relatively small demand.