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  • All DRAM spot prices down
    August 24, 2005 – 10:59 AM
    Spot prices for DRAM chips, including DDR, DDR2 and SDRAM, all trended downward during the week of August 16-23.
  • DRAM supply in spot market tightening further
    October 28, 2004 – 1:06 PM
    The tight supply of fully tested DRAM chips in the Asian spot markets has intensified as major global chipmakers continue to increase their chip allocation to PC OEMs, according to sources in Taiwan.
  • Taiwan DRAM makers may flood spot market with DDR2
    June 9, 2005 – 7:18 AM
    DRAM makers in Taiwan plan to accelerate the market's migration to DDR2 by shipping all of their 50-60 million DDR2-667 chip inventory to the spot market in the third quarter in an attempt to drive down DDR2 spot prices below DDR prices, sources with the makers said yesterday.
  • DDR spot prices rocket amid Taiwan's political turmoil
    March 23, 2004 – 9:21 AM
    Spot prices for 256Mbit (32Mbitx8) DDR shot up by over 6% yesterday in Asia, driven by aggressive buying amid political unrest in Taiwan after the island's contested presidential election, according to DRAMeXchange.
  • Spot prices for NAND flash jump 12 percent
    June 7, 2005 – 10:14 AM
    The spot price for 2Gbit NAND flash memory has risen 12 percent since last Friday after Chang-Gyu Hwang, president of Memory Division, Device Solution Network of Samsung Electronics, visited the company's Taiwan-based customers last Wednesday and stated that NAND flash prices will not drop further, according to sources.
  • Spot markets say Samsung NAND flash shortage intensifying
    September 28, 2005 – 10:30 AM
    Not long after customers expressed concern about a shortage of high-density (4Gbit and above) NAND flash from Samsung Electronics in the spot market, sources are now indicating that the shortage has intensified, with the proportion of flash orders not being satisfied by Samsung growing to as high as 70%.
  • Speculators Affecting DRAM Spot Prices
    January 22, 2008 – 10:20 AM in Business
    Although the relatively strong DRAM pricing seen recently in the spot market has prompted some industry players to believe that a price rebound is likely, some industry watchers warned that this price improvement may just stem from speculation.
  • Memory spot prices continue to slide
    August 31, 2005 – 11:23 AM
    Except for 8Gbit NAND flash parts, spot prices for all types of memory were down within a range of 4% for the last week of August (23-30) amid weak demand in the market and limited transactions.
  • DRAM spot prices remain stable
    May 25, 2005 – 11:04 AM
    Fluctuation of DRAM pricing over the past week has been limited, with the price change of mainstream 256 Mbit (32Mbitx8) falling less than one percentage point, and effectively tested (eTT) parts trading within a narrow range of $2.02-2.07 over the same time period.
  • DDR spot prices continue trending upward
    July 13, 2005 – 10:53 AM
    DRAM and NAND spot prices continued trending upwards during the week of July 5-12 amid strong demand from PC OEMs and makers' continued capacity reallocation to NAND flash production.
  • Hynix stops shipping NAND flash to spot market
    July 19, 2005 – 10:41 AM
    Hynix Semiconductor announced it stopped supplying NAND flash to the spot market on July 8, amid strong demand from consumer electronics customers, according to market sources.
  • NAND Flash Contract Price Incentives Worsening Spot Price Slump
    December 18, 2007 – 10:59 AM
    Recent NAND flash contract price incentives from makers to memory module makers are prompting clients to unload their NAND flash into the spot market, worsening the spot price slump, according to industry sources.
  • Polysilicon Spot Price Posts Mild Drop
    July 22, 2008 – 11:40 AM in Business
    Despite the spot price of polysilicon still remaining high, a mild weakening sign has been seen over the recent month.
  • DRAM module makers bidding high to secure DDR2 long term supply
    May 5, 2006 – 10:21 AM
    Several DRAM module makers are offering up to 20% higher than spot prices to secure long-term DDR2 supply.
  • Intel and Micron offer 8 Gbit NAND flash to spot market players
    August 15, 2006 – 9:55 AM
    Intel and Micron Technology recently started releasing 8Gbit NAND flash memory chips, fabricated by their joint venture IM Flash Technologies, to the spot market, and customer feedback is satisfactory, according to market sources.