Nanya Technology expects the DDR2 shortage to increase to 30-40% in February, according to the company cited a source in Taiwan.

The company indicated that demand for DDR2 chips among PC OEMs is strong. The anticipated shortage should boost related contract prices 20% sequentially in February.

Research firm InSpectrum predicts that the mainstream 512Mbit DDR2-533 contract price will increase 5.7% in the second half of February to US$4.63, according to the source.

Current production capacity is allocated evenly for DDR and DDR2 and the cost structure for the same density 512Mbit DDR and DDR2 chips is similar, the company said.

By: DocMemory
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