DEMAND FOR the next generation DRAM chip, DDR3 has spiked recently despite claims that it is only marginally better than DDR2.
DDR3 prices have jumped to between $1.50 to $1.70 per 1Gb chip, and prices will likely continue to rise in July, according to DRAMeXchange Technology.
Analysts and other people we chat with down the pub think that demand for DDR3 chips could boost their share of the market to as much as 30 per cent by the end of this year.
They claim that DDR3 could replace DDR2 as the mainstream market standard sometime next year.
