Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!van-bc!rsoft!mindlink!a186 From: a186@mindlink.UUCP (Harvey Taylor) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Memory expansion Message-ID: <976@mindlink.UUCP> Date: 19 Jan 90 03:38:42 GMT Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada Lines: 31 In <1645@bnlux0.bnl.gov>, lotridge@charlie.amd.bnl.gov (Charlie Lotridge) writes: | | I've reason to believe that the price of memory is going to go up | shortly. [...] | Does this belief have anything to do with the newspaper article excerpted below? ------------ JAPAN'S MICROCHIP MAKERS CUT BACK (TOKYO) Japan's memory-chip makers are hitting the brakes on production in an effort to end the glut of chips on world markets and keep prices from sliding. Continuing a slowdown begun several months ago, Toshiba Corp., NEC Corp. and other companies have cut one-megabit dynamic random access memory microchips this month by 10 to 15 percent. [ further discussion of the dram market ] ------------ Verbum sapiente. "Never imply that you would be willing to sacrifice profit for market share. - IBM's lawyers' advice to its executives" -Big Blue:IBM's Use & Abuse of Power by Richard T. Delamarter Harvey Taylor Meta Media Productions uunet!van-bc!rsoft!mindlink!Harvey_Taylor a186@mindlink.UUCP