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• DDR2 prices said to be bottoming out due to tight supply
  Wednesday 28 December 2005 – 05:53
  Samsung Electronics recently sent letters to its retailers indicating that the company's DDR2 shortage will last through the end of the first quarter of next year, market sources claimed.
• DDR2 will not gain traction until 1Q06
  Wednesday 19 October 2005 – 04:31
  Spot prices for all mainstream DRAM segments continued to trend down during the week of October 11-18 with prices for efficiently tested (eTT) memory seeing the greatest drop, at 3.18 percent on October 18.
• DDR2-667 memory going mainstream, DDR1-600 sampling
  Tuesday 12 July 2005 – 07:32
  System memory is entering a new phase with Samsung's announcement to shift mainstream DDR2 from 400 to 667 MHz devices. Performance memory maker Patriot will offer a speed upgrade for DDR2 to 1000 MHz and DDR1 to 600 MHz.
• Nanya: DDR2 shortage to increase to 30-40% this quarter
  Tuesday 24 January 2006 – 06:13
  With PC OEMs expected to increase their DDR2 penetration rates to 80% by the end of this quarter, Taiwan memory maker Nanya Technology predicts that the DDR2 shortage should increase to 30-40% in February, with related contract prices growing more than 10%, according to company spokesperson, Pei-lin Pai.
• A-Data sampling DDR2-533 and DDR2-667 FB-DIMMs
  Thursday 8 September 2005 – 03:30
  A-Data Technology, ranked by iSuppli as the number three third-party DRAM-module supplier in the world and number one in Asia, announced that it has started offering DDR2-533 (PC2-4200) and DDR2-667 (PC2-5300) Fully-Buffered DIMMs (FB-DIMMs) for testing and evaluation purposes.
• DRAM makers said to plan DDR2 contract price rise
  Monday 2 January 2006 – 06:47
  DRAM makers have informed major PC OEMs that they intend to raise contract prices for DDR2 memory for the first half of this month, according to sources.
• DRAM makers slashing DDR2 prices to clear out inventory
  Monday 21 November 2005 – 04:09
  In an attempt to stimulate demand and clear out inventory, several DRAM makers have slashed the spot prices for their 512 Mbit DDR2 eTT parts to a new low, according to sources.
• DDR2 contract pricing loses momentum
  Thursday 23 March 2006 – 04:14
  DRAM contract prices dropped sequentially in the second half of March with mainstream DRAM parts suffering a drop up to 2%, according to figures posted by DRAMeXchange.
• DDR2 H2 October contract prices slashed
  Friday 21 October 2005 – 04:48
  DRAM contract prices for the second half of October all trended downward with the largest drop coming from the DDR2 segment, where prices fell 8.12-14.7 percent, according to figures from DRAMeXchange.
• DDR2/DDR price gap narrows to 5 percent
  Thursday 30 June 2005 – 04:54
  The DDR2 512Mbit price premium over DDR 512Mbit has shrunk to 5%, down from 30% in the beginning of 2005, and DRAM supply is expected to run short of demand as memory makers continue to shift production to NAND flash.
• DDR2 contract prices maintain growth momentum, NAND suffers large drop
  Friday 24 February 2006 – 04:43
  After reporting record-high sequential growth for both DDR and DDR2 contract prices in the first half of February, the growth momentum of both memory types weakened in the second half of February, but DDR2 still managed to record an almost 10% sequential price growth amid the current shortage.
• DRAM module makers bidding high to secure DDR2 long term supply
  Friday 5 May 2006 – 03:54
  Several DRAM module makers are offering up to 20% higher than spot prices to secure long-term DDR2 supply.
• DDR2 shortage to remain over 10% in Q1
  Wednesday 15 February 2006 – 05:04
  With PC OEMs significantly raising their DDR2 adoption rate, supply of DDR2 is lagging demand and the shortage has reached 15-20%, according to DRAMeXchange.
• DDR2 price momentum continues
  Wednesday 25 January 2006 – 04:46
  After experiencing a week of flat pricing, mainstream DDR prices all began trending downward again, even as the DDR2 sector continued enjoying its price momentum.
• DDR2 prices continues to increase
  Monday 23 January 2006 – 04:30
  The price premium DDR 400 enjoyed over DDR2 533 has shrunk to 1.4%, as DDR contract prices remained flat in the second half of January.