Overall DRAM spot pricing has mere change this week (March 1-5), as no more speculation trading is seen.

 

As of noon session of March 5, 1Gb DDR2 and DDR3 each averaged at USD2.41 and USD2.67, representing a less than 1% change throughout the week.

 

Market activities have slowed down as the recent price surge is driven by speculation trading. Once traders/brokers find it getting difficult to boost price, price correction thus emerged.

 

The 6.4-magnitude earthquake that struck southern Taiwan early Thursday, though disrupted operation at some DRAM fabs, does not yet exercise critical impact to the spot market.

 

Quotations of 2GB DDR2 module from Kingston remained flat on a sequential basis as of noon session on March 5. But quotations of 2GB DDR3 have been reduced to ~USD44, down from ~USD47 as recorded last week.

 

Checks from trading houses show that vendors’ quotations for DDR3 have shown weakening signs this week. Despite the price drop, channel demand for DDR3 does not show meaningful uptick at all.