DRAM prices have been at incredibly low levels for so long that it’s hard to imagine that they’ll stay this way forever. \u00a0So how long will this trend continue? \u00a0Apparently a year or more if the analysts are on target:The current DRAM downturn will likely last more than a year and possibly two, said Simon Woo, memory chip analyst at Merrill Lynch, at a conference in Taipei last week.”It’s longer than expected,” he said, comparing it to the DRAM industry crunch of 1997-1998, which lasted nearly two years.This<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
DRAM prices have been at incredibly low levels for so long that it’s hard to imagine that they’ll stay this way forever. \u00a0So how long will this trend continue? \u00a0Apparently a year or more if the analysts are on target:The current DRAM downturn will likely last more than a year and possibly two, said Simon Woo, memory chip analyst at Merrill Lynch, at a conference in Taipei last week.”It’s longer than expected,” he said, comparing it to the DRAM industry crunch of 1997-1998, which lasted nearly two years.This Continue reading