DDR2 price increases next month because of Windows Vista

DRAMeXchange, a memory market research company, says DDR2 memory makers will not provide enough products for about 10-20% of orders because many organizations start upgrading computers to the operating system. Microsoft new in August.

Windows Vista requires the system to have DRAM as low as 512 MB. High demand for DDR2 will last until September or October, after which the market will "cool down" and gradually stabilize.

Meanwhile, according to US research firm SIA, global semiconductor product sales reached 19.7 billion dollars in May, up 9.4% from a year ago.

The success of the analog chip market (analogue signal processing equipment) and digital chip (digital signal processing equipment) is largely due to the demand for consumer electronics products such as phones. mobile, digital camera, MP3 .

Analog chip revenue increased 21.5% in the period 5/2005 - 5/2006 while digital chip increased 13.7%. Computer chip revenue decreased by 2% during this period due to high competitiveness in the market, causing product prices to fall.

In the US, total equipment handling revenue increased by 9.6% from US $ 3.2 billion in May last year to US $ 3.5 billion in May 2006. The Asia-Pacific region, led by China, also experienced strong growth from $ 8 billion to $ 9.2 billion.