Again, with most players adopting wait-and-see attitude, the market remained the downward trend since the beginning of this week. The trading activity was slow and only few deals were closed. Major IC prices hold steady-to-weaker. Meanwhile, owing to ample components was flooded in the sport sector, DDR 256Mb White Brand value has dropped nearly 10% to USD 3.25 per chip. Sourced indicated that it is expected the spot sector will experience another sluggish week if no optimistic sign appear. In contrast, NAND Flash values hold steady without obvious adjustment. However, with some releasing chips in the market, NAND 2G price slid slightly from USD 18 down to USD 17.5 per chip.  

Thin trading was reported in today's spot sector. On the one hand, the imbalanced supply and demand for DDR, which resulted from ample released components in the market but sluggish buying interests, has forced major IC prices to decline further by nearly 1%. DDR 32Mx8 White Brand value even dropped 5 cents to USD 3.40 per chip. On the other hand, although the demand of NAND Flash seemed pick up slightly, the volume of trades was still few. Generally speaking, the pricing of NAND Flash kept stable in short-term and it is expected that the supplement of NAND Flash should be remained shortage in long-term, according to sources.