According to research firm iSuppli, the DRAM market could see a significant supply shortage in the Q3 2010 due to "limited manufacturing equipment availability" and other challenges.
Says the company (via Barrons):
"A commodity profoundly susceptible to the variable dynamics of supply and demand, DRAM is expected to ship 15.9 million 1Gbit-equivalent units in 2010, up 48.6% from 10.7 ... [ read the full article ]
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I've already seen the price effect of this I guess. I bought 2GB of DDR2 RAM in January 2009 for ~$50. That exact same model by Corsair is now $70-$80. I guess I better go buy the other 2GB I've been planning on getting for a while, unless I have some guarantee prices will drop by the end of the year.
Originally posted by rvinkebob: I've already seen the price effect of this I guess. I bought 2GB of DDR2 RAM in January 2009 for ~$50. That exact same model by Corsair is now $70-$80. I guess I better go buy the other 2GB I've been planning on getting for a while, unless I have some guarantee prices will drop by the end of the year.
DDR2 price got jacked 30 dollars when DDR3 came out, i guess they think jacking the slightly older modules price up when the new on comes out is going to make us buy a new motherboard to save $30 bucks.
