Major components were assessed downwards in the DRAM spot sector on Tuesday. DDR 256Mb 400MHz traded lower than prices yesterday at US$4.0 – US4.3 resulted from dumping of Hynix. In the meantime, DDR 256Mb White Brand pricing moved down slightly at US$3.83 – US$3.85 with closed deal at US$3.83. Yet, quotes of DDR 256Mb 333MHz kept stable without obvious prices falling.

 

NAND 1G and 2G were main items on Tuesday Flash market with great volume of trading. Deals of NAND 1G and 2G for Samsung were closed at US$ 8.95 and US$18.85 respectively. NAND 4G pricing moved down 10 cents/chip at US$37.8~US$38.3. Trading of NAND 8G were slow and prices kept stable at US$61.6 – US$62.0 since offering prices couldn’t match buyers’ expect.

According to the downward trend in U.S. spot market last week, prices of major IC fell slightly. DDR 256Mb 32Mx8 333MHz and 400MHzwere knocked down by 5 cents at US$4.3 – US$4.0 and US$4.35 – US$4.05 respectively. 32Mx8 White Brand kept higher prices at US$3.8 – US$3.9 owning to a few supplements.  Meanwhile, besides Powerchip, more major brands enter the White Brand arena, including Hynix, Infineon, Micron, Nanya, Winbond, Mosel and Mira. Keen competition in the White Brand market is expected in the near future.

 

The Flash market today finished stabilized; buyers remained focus on querying prices of 1G/2G. The closed deal for 1G/2G Samsung were US$8.85 and US$18.8 respectively, which upturned slightly. Meanwhile, buyers adopted wait-and-see attitude for 4G resulted from the shortage of supplements and high quote. In the aspect of 8G, the demand was not prominent and quoted at US$61.6 – US$ 62.0.