Thin DRAM and Flash markets activities were prevailing today, with prices remained steady to marginally high. Demand was reported slow, resulting from many participants in major markets did the post-New Year restock last week. Moreover, with moderate supplement in the market, the price gap between buyers' and sellers' expectation still exists. As a result, players adopted wait-and-see attitudes and anticipated the poor buying interest may sustain throughout this week, sources indicated.

It was quiet and slow for DDR market in the morning with sluggish demand. Limited quotes of major ICs were reported. Furthermore, in the afternoon, makers did release components to the sport sector, resulted in slight oversupply. In general, prices for DDR were under the descending trend. However, the expected demand from Chinese New Year holidays should come into view soon and force figures to rise again, sources indicated. DDR 32Mx8 White Brand was quoted steady-to-soft at the range of USD 3.74 to 3.76.

 

The supplement for flash was not sufficient in spot sector today, resulted from the production process conversion to lead-free components, especially NAND 2G and 4G, which are not acceptable by most of buyers now. As a result, the demand was weak and the deals were posted at trading on tier-3 components. Moreover, according to sources, pricings of NAND flash were still under the downward pressure and expected to drop further this week.