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.

However, Nanya Technology, Taiwan’s leading producer of DD2 memory, denied hearing of the plan, while stating the company currently has only two weeks worth of inventory, which servers as a buffer for its OEM clients.

Other DRAM makers were not available for comment at the time of publication.

The makers hope that the low prices in the spot market will boost demand from regional system integrators for DDR2-667, the sources said.

Many makers blame low demand for DDR2 in the spot market for the delayed migration from DDR to the next-generation memory chips, the sources said.

A spokesman with a major memory maker revealed that 30-40% of the world’s current DRAM output is DDR2.

By: Docmemory
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