While mainstream DRAM contract prices have steadily risen in the past few weeks, DRAM spot prices have remained flat, DRAMeXchange said. Nevertheless, that situation will change as demand for clone PCs has reportedly and slowly increased, DRAMeXchange expects a slow spot price upswing in the short-run.

The rise in contract prices was in line with market expectations. While SO-DIMMs will maintain their current premium over DIMMs for desktops and servers due to upbeat demand for notebooks, demand for higher performance desktops which use the speedy DDR400 memory is not as great as anticipated, the company said. 

On the other hand, demand for low-cost computers seemed to be growing. Intel will launch two new but relatively less function chipsets in August for this market, the company said.

The 848P chipset will support DDR400 and an 800MHz front-side bus (FSB) but does away with dual-channel memory. The 865GV keeps the dual-channel infrastructure and integrated graphics, but disables support for an AGP slot and VGA card. Compared with the 865 series, the 865GV offers fewer functions but at a cheaper cost.

By: DocMemory
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