Here is the price of DDR2 64 and 128 MB chips in dollars as we have recorded them these last 18 months on Dramexchange.
As you can see, prices have been stable in 2008 compared to collapses in 2007. Consumers can only be satisfied with the current market; however, manufacturers are impatiently waiting for prices to rise which has not yet happened. This is understandable given their financial results compared to last year.
For example, Qimonda (ex-Infineon) showed 412 million Euros in sales for the first quarter and a 482 million loss compared to 984 million in revenue and 57 million in profits a year ago. Also, a year ago, Elpida had 144.2 million dollars in sales for 8.5 million in profits while this year gross revenue reached 90.4 million for a loss of 29.2 million.
