Upcoming 62nm DDR2 from Samsung may spur ...

[NoobyDoo]

Digitimes Link

As Samsung Electronics plans to roll out 62nm-made 1Gb DDR2 chips at a production cost that is similar to 90nm, ... a 1GB DIMM that uses the 1Gb component from Samsung would only cost around US$22-23, compared to US$30 for the same-density DIMM using 512Mb chips, the sources highlighted.

 

[NoobyDoo]

DRAM contract price shows first-time drop since June

DRAMeXchange recorded that the contract price for 512Mb DDR2 (regardless of frequency) dropped by 8.68% to US$2 in the first half of September, an amount that is identical to that in the first half of July.

 

[Sylvanas]

Sweet, better manufacturing process= low voltage memory? Price cuts always good in my book

 

[NoobyDoo]

Samsung claims world's first 60nm 2Gb DDR2 chip

Samsung has announced it has developed the world's first 2Gb DDR2 memory chips based on 60nm process technology. The chips are scheduled to hit mass production later this year, and they should allow for more power-efficient and denser modules.

According to Samsung, memory sticks based on the new 2Gb chips will use 30% less power than those based on its older 1Gb chips. Samsung says it'll be able to deliver 2Gb DDR2 chips in four kinds of modules: 8GB FB-DIMMs and registered DIMMs for workstation/server systems, vanilla 4GB DIMMs for desktop PCs, and 4GB SO-DIMMs for notebooks. The company also boasts that production efficiency "will be enhanced by about 40 percent" thanks to its finer 60nm process technology.

 

[firewolfsm]

4GB DIMMs will be the high-end of next year then. That was fast.

 

[NoobyDoo]

DigiTimes Link

Given that Taiwan-based DRAM makers have aggressively expanded their capacity and smoothly converted to 70nm, the overall DRAM market is in oversupply, Chen said. Additionally, demand has not risen to meet expectations in the enterprise sector and thus DRAM prices will trend divergently in the contract and spot markets, he explained.

Although the price of 512Mb effectively tested (eTT) DDR2 chips has now dived to US$1.20 at the spot market, Chen noted that a further drop is likely. Present inventory level across the entire DRAM industry is not high, with downstream players expecting prices to hit bottom, he said. As DRAM capacity is expected to grow in September, prices should reduce further, Chen projected.

 

[lopri]

Wow this is a wonderful news! Damn I already have too many sticks..

 

[Cerb]

Wow, awesome. I was afraid of prices going up, which has happened many times before like this. Instead, it looks like we'll have price stability for awhile, and then even lower prices...sweet. Bring on the consumer 2x4GB kits!

 

[flpxjs]

Other?

 

[pcslookout]

Originally posted by: firewolfsm
4GB DIMMs will be the high-end of next year then. That was fast.

See I told everyone. Oh well for those people not listening they will get left behind.

 

[DrMrLordX]

I guess a Vista-induced spike in demand for memory never emerged as some predicted. Good for us, bad for the DRAM makers.