IHS iSuppli Agency experts made a detailed study of the industry for the production of memory chips summing up the mobile direction. According to analysts , the share of DRAM in the total cost of smartphone materials decreased by approximately half , which is associated with reduced prices for related products.
Thus, in the first quarter 2012 the proportion of memory in average cost of smartphone components was 6.3% , while in the second in the same period last year this figure was 13.4%. In monetary terms, it is $ 11.81 and $ 19.48 respectively. It is noted that the calculations were based on data on 19 models of smartphones with a discrete DRAM chip.
The contract price of memory chips LPDDR2 density 2 gigabit declined by 17% in the fourth quarter 2011, this year the trend will continue. Average price of 1 gigabit in 2010 fell by 48% - from $ 2.59 to $ 1.34.