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From: alien@cpoint.UUCP (Alien Wells)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: DRAM Price
Message-ID: <3932@cpoint.UUCP>
Date: 8 Feb 90 14:03:18 GMT
References: <12564282123019@osu-20.ircc.ohio-state.edu> <40970043@hpindda.HP.COM>
Reply-To: alien@cpoint.UUCP (Alien Wells)
Organization: Clearpoint Research Corp., Hopkinton Mass.
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In article <40970043@hpindda.HP.COM> kmont@hpindda.HP.COM (Kevin Montgomery) writes:
>> Does anyone have a reasonable forecast on how low the price for 1 Meg, 100
>> ns Drams will end up (through mail-order companies) ? I need som more RAM,
>> is it worth waiting a couple of months more ?
>
>probably just the opposite- the 3 major Japanese DRAM manufacturers
>agreed to slow production by 5-10% a few weeks ago (curiously right
>before US Memories announced it was folding- can you say "Insider
>Information"?  sure, I knew you could...).  ...

Yes, the Japanese makers have slowed production a bit, but you missed the 
main reason for it.  The technology is now old enough that the Taiwanese and 
Koreans have gotten up to speed, and are starting to flood the market with
chips.  I wouldn't worry too much about a shortage.
-- 
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