DRAMeXchange Analysts Group in June have noticed that there has been a trend towards higher prices for TrendForce memory chips .
It is reported that in August, the contract price for the memory capacity 4 GB rose to $ 14 per bar. In general, the average selling price of 4 GB DDR3 modules DDR4 or in August for the month increased by 2% to $ 13.5. In some cases, the price was more than July's 3.7%, or $ 14 per unit. Due to the previously concluded contracts, some of the OEM PC assemblers continued to buy 4 GB modules for $ 13. Later, however, they, too, will increase the cost of the item.
Tension in the customer environment to purchase a memory called the news about Apple's plans to announce new smartphones already on September 7. The situation is exacerbated the increased activity of the Chinese smartphone manufacturers, who also need a memory. Along the way, stopped falling prices for memory chips for server systems, which was observed during the first half of the year. So, from the first to the second quarter contract prices for the server memory is decreased by 10%, while in August the price of the individual items rose by 1-3%.
Finally, the memory manufacturers and its distributors give preference to mobile and server versions of the DRAM, the memory that threatens to decline in PC shipments and stimulates the growth of prices for these products. In general, in the fourth quarter the memory modules will become a little more expensive.