The market researcher’s latest forecast contrasted with its prediction last month, when it said that overall DRAM chip prices would drop by a single-digit percentage in the first quarter of next year and that prices would likely fall about 50 percent annually this year. The positive revision came as spot DRAM chip prices rose 0.4 to 2.08 percent yesterday, according to the DRAMexchange Web site. With a stockpile of downgraded 1x-nanometer DRAM chips being quickly digested, spot prices started to rise, TrendForce said in a report. Contract prices for DRAM used in servers are expected to increase 5 percent next quarter from this quarter, it said. Increasing prices of DRAM used in servers and graphic cards would help bring overall DRAM prices to a flat level next quarter, compared with this quarter, it said.

Source: Taipei Times December 16, 2019 15:56 UTC