According to DRAMeXchange, DRAM prices will go up in January ... this means bad news for SSD manufacturers as it will affect their pricing.

"Contract prices for DRAM have risen about 10% in the first half of January, with 4GB modules quoted at as high as NT$17.50, according to DRAMeXchange.

Early January contract quotes for 2GB and 4GB DDR3 modules averaged US$9.75 and US$17.25, respectively, up 8.3% and 9.5%, DRAMeXchange disclosed. Average prices for 2Gb chips came to US$0.92 during the period, rising 10.8%.

Japan- and Taiwan-based DRAM makers continue to cut back their production of PC DRAM, while Korea-based vendors shift more PC DRAM capacity to non-PC memory chips, industry sources revealed. With the overall output slowing down, prices for commodity memory have gone up recently, the sources said."

Source: Digitimes

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