4GB DDR3 DRAMs Fall Below $16 in Contract Market
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The bankruptcy of Elpida has not had a stabilizing effect on the DRAM industry.
At this time, DRAM pricing is falling into territory that is unlikely to be sustainable for memory makers. According to DRAMeXchange, a 4 GB memory module can now be purchased for less than $16 on the Taiwanese spot market, which is down from $18.75 in August.
4 Gb DDR3 1600 MHz chips are selling for as low as $1.75, while 2 Gb chips can be purchased for as little as $0.80.
Also affected by the price declines were some segments of flash products, such as microSD memory cards, which hit $9 for 16 GB versions, and $3.95 for 8 GB models.
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R.I.P, although, I do hope more startup companies come with ideas and visions to get PC's needy of upgrading once again. Tablets are for stoneage Flintstones, why are we breeding populace with these devices today? Sad Sad state of affairs.
That little sucker cost me $160.00...
In that case, I'll pick up a TB of RAM. I don't have to use it, just accept it to get the money, right? =]
Only problem with that is there won't be mainstream DDR4 CPUs before mid-2014.
With some luck, maybe DRAM manufacturers will manage to push DDR4 into tablets, smartphones, GPUs and other places that use chip-scale/BGA packaging rather than DIMMs first. Portable devices and low-end GPUs can use both higher performance and lower power.
Oh how naive I was back then (and thinner too).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Registered_memory
Lol I got a 486 system today as a freebie, I am not sure but it has 4mb 30pin simms.
There are hobbyist microcontrollers these days with more power & ram than that old 486, lol. Speaking of which, I still have a handful of those 4MB 30pin SIMMs lying around. They were hundreds when new, now I couldn't trade one for a coke. Oh how times have changed...
What's the problem? 4GB has been affordable for at least a few years.
4GB kits are for starters or temporary usage.
as for a full set of RAM like 32GB all slots filled, I for one do not need that much RAM
and two I do not like a full set meaning all four slots populated.
I'm cool but lots of motherboards do not like a full set, start acting 'buggy'..
my opinion.
32Gb = 4GB in this context. That's why I put the B and b in bold. A lot of the posts here have their acronyms jumbled.