Monday, January 22, 2007
Samsung Electronics said it would invest about $1.9 billion to boost chip output as it expects another strong year for DRAMs which have been enjoying brisk sales and higher margins amid a surge in demand for personal computers.
The release of Microsoft's new Vista operating system, due out later this month, is expected to boost demand for personal computers and the powerful memory chips that go inside them.
Chip prices could ease in the first few months of the year after a seasonally strong fourth quarter, but analysts say the full scale of the impact from the release of Microsoft's Vista could be seen in the second half of the year.
By: DocMemory
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