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1. Weekly hardware roundup

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Saturday, 14 November 2009

   ... slowly recovers Contract prices of DDR2 memory chips lifted by nearly 14 percent in the first half of this month due to a shortage of the chips. Best Buy sells Acer notebook for $250 Best Buy is selling ...

2. AMD says Fusion will knock Intel for six. Or five

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Wednesday, 11 November 2009

   ... and power consumption.” Finally, Macri had stuff to say about memory types. He said that DDR3 in some ways is half a step backwards because DDR2 offers less latency.  DDR2 has turned into a commodity. ...

3. DDR2 "shortage" causes DRAM prices to soar

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Monday, 09 November 2009

   Hello. Now what was that about DDR3?Contract prices of DDR2 memory chips lifted by nearly 14 percent in the first half of this month due to a shortage of the chips. That's according to DRAM Exchange, ...

4. Memory prices set to rise

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Tuesday, 05 May 2009

   ... to the spot market, resulting in tighter supply. DDR2 1Gb spot prices have stayed strong at $1.2 and industry watchers expect to see prices move nearer $1.50 by end of June. DRAMeXchange reckons that ...

5. DRAM vendor revenue down 40%

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Thursday, 19 February 2009

   ... market research firm said.The survey of DRAMeXchange revealed that prices for a 1 GB DDR2 module dropped from about $13.50 in October 2008 to $8 in mid December, despite the fact that manufacturer reacted ...

6. Global DRAM production capacity cut by 32%

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Tuesday, 10 February 2009

   ... by 75%, but also the dramatic decline in DRAM pricing seen globally on inventory oversupplies. According to DRAMeXchange, the DDR2 1 Gb eTT chip price dropped from $1.22 in early October to the low of ...

7. Report: NAND, DDR2 memory prices heading back up

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Monday, 19 January 2009

     The Robert W. Baird Company is reporting that Multi-level Cell (MLC) NAND spot pricing rose from being down 6% to ending up 3% this week. In addition, fully tested DDR2 spot prices are up between 1% ...

8. TSMC sales down 45%, inventory now at 100 day supply

   (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Brief)

   Monday, 19 January 2009

   ... bottoms seen within the last week or two, including slight up-ticks in the single-digit percentage range for NAND flash and DDR2. See DigiTimes.  ...

9. DDR3 product roadmaps adjust for channel and economy

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

   Wednesday, 14 January 2009

   ... are reportedly sitting on top of a $320 million inventory of unsold DDR2-based 4-series chipsets - stating they hoped Intel would delay the DDR3-exclusive 5-series chipsets to give them time to clear out ...

10. DRAM production cuts reached 22% world wide, 55% in Taiwan, showing signs of rebound

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 13 January 2009

    ... But is it enough? Spot chip prices have shown some rebound in December. The first to move were the DDR2 1Gb eTT chips which rallied up 75% from mid-December until now (mid-January). The 1H January contract ...

11. CES 2009: HP to launch series of low cost computers

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 06 January 2009

    ... state of the art gaming specifications among which are a quad-core Intel Core 2 processor of up to 2.83 GHz, 4GB of DDR2-800 memory, and dual Nvidia GeForce 9800S video cards each packing 1GB of GDDR3 ...

12. 20% increase in DDR2 prices as makers cutback on shipments

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Brief)

    Friday, 19 December 2008

    DigiTimes is reporting a 20% increase is being seen today in DDR2 prices as the various memory makers begin to cutback on shipments. Hynix has decreased shipments by 20% (the Wall Street Journal reports ...

13. DRAM prices drop to new lows

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Tuesday, 02 December 2008

    DRAM prices have dropped to new lows, with 1GB DDR2 reaching only US$0.6, according to market sources. Although Taiwan DRAM makers have stopped taking orders offering unreasonable prices in order to ...

14. DRAM and NAND flash pricing drop to new lows

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Monday, 01 December 2008

    DRAM and NAND flash chip prices both recently dropped to new lows with 1Gb DDR2 chips at around $0.70 and NAND flash chips falling around 20% over the past two weeks, according to sources at memory ...

15. DRAM contract quotes drop 10% again in H2 November

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Friday, 21 November 2008

    DRAM chip contract quotes dropped 10% again in the second half of November. 1GB DDR2 modules also fell to there lowest point at less than $10. DRAM prices will not rebound until the end of this year ...

16. Intel unleashes Core i7, beats itself

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 17 November 2008

    ... want to own, but it comes at a cost. A new board, new CPU and if you’re a DDR2 fanboy, those sticks now have to be binned in favor of DDR3 modules as well. Pricing will no doubt be quite steep for a while, ...

17. Difficult decision for DRAM makers: Shrink or die

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 12 November 2008

    ... 6x nm process, which vendors mostly started in H1 08. However, the DRAM market price is ahead of the curve: In September and October, the DRAM DDR2 price plunged 20% and both October contract and spot ...

18. DRAM contract quotes drop another 10% for H1 November

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Monday, 10 November 2008

    ... to industry sources in Taiwan. Contract prices for mainstream 1Gb DDR2 chips fell to $1.19, a decline of almost 50% compared to the prices in the first half of this year. More here at Digitimes.  ...

19. Price for DDR up more than 30% in past month

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Tuesday, 04 November 2008

    ... 30% from $0.95 to $1.25 in less than one month, according to data from DRAMeXchange. In comparison, 512Mb DDR2 prices have dropped to less than $0.50. More here at Digitimes.  ...

20. DRAM makers to see higher on-month revenues drops in September

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Thursday, 02 October 2008

    ... for 1 Gb DDR2 chips to hit an historical low at the end of September. More here at Digitimes.  ...

21. DDR2 eTT 1Gb chip pricing falls to historic low

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Wednesday, 01 October 2008

    The recent drastic decline of branded 1Gb DDR2 prices has pushed the price of DDR2 1Gb eTT chips to an historic low, according to sources at Taiwan DRAM makers. 1Gb DDR2 eTT chips recently traded ...

22. AMD launches $40 graphics cards assault against Nvidia

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 29 September 2008

    ... 30 fps in popular game titles such as Call of Duty 4 (1280x1024) and Devil May Cry 4 (1024x768). The HD 4350 also comes with 80 stream processors, 256 GB of DDR2 memory and provides a memory bandwidth ...

23. High-end coprocessors: An overview

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 17 September 2008

    ... clock 2,200+ MHz 256-bit GDDR3,4,5 2,214 MHz 512-bit GDDR3 1,600 MHz 512-bit GDDR3 250 MHz DDR2 800 MHz DDR2 On-die ...

24. PC vendors have no incentive to replenish DRAM inventory

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Monday, 04 August 2008

    ... inventory turnover. InSpectrum recorded the contract price of 1 GB DDR2 at $20-22, translating to $2.30 per chip, in July. More here at Digitimes.  ...

25. Panasonic unveils Atom-based Toughbook UMPC

    (Mobility/Mobility Brief)

    Wednesday, 25 June 2008

    ... Atom processor Z520 CPU (1.33 GHz with 533 MHz FSB, 512KB L2 cache), 1 GB of DDR2 memory, a 16 or a 32 GB SSD, a 5.6” (1024x600 pixel) display, LED backlighting, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth integrated as well ...

26. Cutthroat DRAM market prompts semiconductor industry to lower revenue forecast

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Wednesday, 11 June 2008

    It is a great time for PC vendors and consumers to buy DRAM, as competition this segment remains strong and prices show little signs of recovery (according to DRAMExchange, 1 Gb DDR2-667 chips are currently ...

27. Asus unleashes three new Eee PCs, demos WiMax Eee PC

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Monday, 02 June 2008

    ... come with a 10” or 10.2” screen, Linux or Windows XP, Intel’s Atom processor and SCH chipset, up to 2 GB of DDR2 memory (the maximum supported by SCH), up to 5 hours of battery time an 80 GB hard drive ...

28. Intel fires up new Atom processors

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 01 April 2008

    ... video output of 720p, 1080i), eight USB 2.0 ports, support for up to 2 GB DDR2-533 memory, SD IO v1.1 (for SD memory card support), two PCIe X1 ports, as well as an IDE ATA-100 (PATA) connector. It is ...

29. Product news roundup Tuesday, March 25

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 25 March 2008

    ... hard drive capacity.  Standard features now include a 2.4 GHz Core 2 Duo T8300 chip, 3 GB DDR2-667 memory, a 320 GB hard drive, Nvidia 8600M GT 512 MB graphics chip, as well as a 15.4” WXGA+ display. ...

30. AMD releases sub-$100 graphics cards

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 23 January 2008

    ... two 3400 series and two 3600 series models. The 3450 runs at a 600 MHz core and a 500 MHz DDR2 memory clock. The 3470 has an 800 MHz core and a 950 MHz GDDR3 memory clock. The pricier 3650 will come in ...

31. Speculators affecting DRAM spot prices

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Tuesday, 22 January 2008

    ... improvement may just stem from speculation. Pricing for DDR2 posted a noticeable rebound in the week January 14-21. More here at Digitimes.  ...

32. DRAM industry suffering from lowering prices, curbs output

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Friday, 28 December 2007

    ... Pricing of 512 Mb DDR2-667 chips are at $0.88, while 1 Gb chips of the same are at $1.75.  Spot pricing for 512Mb DDR2 in 64 Mb x 8 configurations came in at $0.93 while 1Gb chips of the same were ...

33. DRAMeXchange believes DRAM industry may rebound in Q1 2008

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Tuesday, 18 December 2007

    A paid, professional DRAM industry forecaster see only one activity which could turn the DRAM industry's slump around, that of big corporate buying spree for the new year.  Let's hope it's ...

34. Samsung unloading DDR2 memory below cost

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Tuesday, 18 December 2007

    DigiTimes is reporting that Samsung is selling its 256 Mbit (16 Mb x 16) DDR2 for $0.50 per chip.  According to other DRAM industry sources, the production costs from wafer to release for those parts ...

35. 1 Gb DDR2 chips might become mainstream specification in Q2 08

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Wednesday, 21 November 2007

    The price of 1Gb DDR2 chips has dropped down below US$2, which could forward it to become the mainstream market specification by the second quarter of 2008, according to sources at DRAM makers. Although ...

36. AMD’s Phenom processor arrives

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 19 November 2007

    ... Core 2 Quad Q6600. Key technical aspects include 512 KB L2 cache for each core, a shared 2 MB L3 cache, support for DDR2-1066 memory and Hypertransport 3.0 and a thermal design power of 95 watts – ...

37. UPDATE: HD 3800: AMD’s Midrange Rebuttal - benchmarks

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 15 November 2007

    ...  Intel D975XBX, LGA 775 Intel 975X Express Chipset RAM Corsair CM2X1024-9136C5D 2x 1024 MB DDR2 (CL5-5-5-15) ...

38. Kingston releases DDR3-14400 memory

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 04 October 2007

    Kingston has increased the speed of its enthusiast DDR3 memory modules. Fountain Valley (CA) – Kingston has increased the speed of its enthusiast DDR3 memory modules. The new devices, sold under ...

39. DDR2 spot prices hitting new record lows

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 11 September 2007

    Following a price rally fueled by the release of Windows Vista at the late in 2006, DDR2 memory prices are heading further south - 512 Mb devices currently sell for less than one quarter than in January ...

40. DRAMeXchange: DRAM and NAND flash prices both trend downward

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Brief)

    Thursday, 23 August 2007

    Spot prices for both DRAM and NAND flash trended downward in the week of August 13-20, according to figures posted by DRAMeXchange. Of which, DDR2 and NAND flash in a multi-level cell (MLC) architecture ...

41. Ramsan’s 2 TB rack of flash memory

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 09 August 2007

    ... with a maximum of 64 GB of DDR2 memory. San Diego (CA) – Need a few terabytes of really fast storage?  Texas Memory Systems will be able to solve that need in a few months with their upcoming ...

42. Kingston unveils “ultra” low latency DDR3 memory

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Thursday, 12 July 2007

    ... devices, does not come cheap: Kingston is offering the DDR3 devices for $400 for a 1 GB module. The 2 GB kit (2 x 1 GB) version is available for $800. On the DDR2 side, OCZ recently released a 4 GB “Quad ...

43. DRAM price shows long awaited growth in H1 July

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Sunday, 08 July 2007

    After experiencing more than a half year of consecutive price drops, DRAM contract prices finally saw a rebound in the first half of July with a 20% sequential gain recorded for mainstream 512 Mb DDR2 ...

44. NCSA: A look inside one of the world's most capable supercomputer facilities

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Sunday, 01 July 2007

    ... all to itself, resulting 9.6 TB of DDR2 memory total. #47 - “T3” - 2006 - 22 teraflops T3 was installed in March, 2007. It is currently ranked #47 in the world and operates at a maximum computing ...

45. OCZ announces enthusiast DDR3 memory

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 21 June 2007

    OCZ introduced a new enthusiast memory module for use in Intel P35 and upcoming X38 motherboards. Sunnyvale (CA) – OCZ introduced a new enthusiast memory module for use in Intel P35 and upcoming ...

46. Intel fires up upgraded mobile Core 2 Duos

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 09 May 2007

    ... which are based on an enhanced ICH8M Southbridge and bring support for the 800 MHz front side bus and continue to connect to DDR2-667 or DDR2-533 memory. For lower-priced notebooks, Intel is offering the ...

47. DRAM contract prices edge down further in 2H April

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Sunday, 22 April 2007

    DRAM contract prices dropped by almost 30% on a monthly basis in April with latest chip pricing in the second half of the month quoted at $2.13 for 512 Mbit DDR2 (regardless of configuration/frequency).DRAM ...

48. Samsungs stacks DRAM to reach higher capacities

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Sunday, 22 April 2007

    ...  The company’s wafer-level-processed stacked package (WSP) consists of four of four 512 Mb DDR2 chips, which results in one 2 Gb DRAM device. Built onto a DDR2 memory module, Samsung said that it ...

49. DRAM price drop loses steam in H1 April

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Tuesday, 10 April 2007

    ... the magnitude of drop showed signs of weakening. Contract prices for 512Mbit DDR2 at both 533MHz and 667MHz were quoted at $2.50 in the first half of April, representing a sequential fall of about 17%, ...

50. Sun puts AMD Opteron processors into Netra server line

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 27 March 2007

    ... Level 3-certified. The device can be equipped with up to four 146 GB SAS hard drives, up to two Opteron 2214 HE (2.2 GHz, 68W) processors and up to eight DDR2-667 memory modules for a total capacity of ...