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http://www.icinsights.com/news/bulletins/DRAM-On-Track-To-Be-WorstPerforming-Market-In-2016/
The year 2016 is not expected to be a good one for the total memory market and the main culprit is DRAM. Declining shipments of desktop and notebook computers, the biggest users of DRAM, as well as declining tablet PC shipments and slowing growth of smartphone units have created excess inventory and suppliers have been forced to greatly reduce average selling prices in order to move parts. A DRAM ASP decline of 16% coupled with a forecast 3% decline in DRAM unit shipments is expected to result in the DRAM market declining 19% in 2016 (Figure 1), lowest among the 33 IC product categories IC Insights tracks in detail. This steep decline will be a drag on growth for the total memory market (-11%) and for the total IC market (-2%) in 2016.
Looking at Newegg & Amazon for 16GB (2x8) the retail prices are going up, not down. They were around $54, now, I see the same set of RAM going for $68.