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From: tainter@ihlpb.ATT.COM (Tainter)
Newsgroups: misc.forsale,comp.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.att
Subject: Re: Dram Prices...
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Date: 11 Jan 89 00:08:43 GMT
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In article <2542@stiatl.UUCP> john@stiatl.UUCP (John DeArmond) writes:
>You don't REALLY believe this do you?   I noticed in "EE weekly" a few
>days ago that the world market price of 256k DRAM is about 3 bux a chip.
>Do you s'pose the Japaneese government is subsidizing the whole damn
>world?  Or do you maybe think that 3 bux represents the real value of
>a DRAM chip manufactured with modern fab lines and techniques?

I believe they go for 3 american bucks a pop world wide.  When they were
selling here for 1.55 they were getting dumped.  The current prices are the
result of an artificial shortage and price jacking.  This may be retaliation
for the imposed sanctions,  it might also just be the next phase in the
Japanese profit taking on DRAM.  I am inclined to believe the latter.

>As to subsidies, one could also note that the US government subsidizes
>almost ALL US industry.  Don't believe me?  Well consider for a 
The Japanese gov't dosen't have to subsidize companies.  All industry of
any significance in Japan is directly or indirectly owned by the seven
families and subsidizes new ventures.

>John De Armond, WD4OQC
                 ^^^^^^
You do quality control for spray lubricant?