Taipei,May 13th,2009----While considering the supply and timeliness of the CULV CPU and its related components, the CULV CPU NB shipment scale is estimated to reach 8 to 10 million units worldwide in the year 2009, and account for 7% to 9% of the traditional NB market share. Acer is expected to gain 50% or more market share of the CULV.Says DRAMeXchange.
For WW own brand, the Korean vendor's share accounts for 50.1% (exclude others) and its leader position remained unchallenged in Q1. Taiwanese vendors' share slightly increase to 13.6% from 11.8% due to the production adjustment by PSC, Nanya and Winbond. The rest market share are occupied by Japanese vendors (15.8%) and American ones (15.7%).
Taipei,May 11th,2009-----Average NAND Flash contract price of 1H May, 2009, rose between 0 to 12%. In 1H May, following previous NAND Flash suppliers' allocation policy in April, upstream suppliers provided system makers as their priority and reduced allocation to memory card makers.
Taipei, May 5th, 2009 --- Sources indicate that the biggest DRAM spot market suppliers, Powerchip and Elpida, have stopped shipping chips to the spot market, resulting in tighter supply, says DRAMeXchange. Therefore, DDR2 1Gb spot prices have stayed strong at US$1.2. Meanwhile, marketers expect to see the prices move towards US$1.5 by end of June.
Taipei,May 5th,2009----Microsoft is going to issue public Windows7 RC today.The market now focuses on tablet PC and All-in-one PC but Winodws 7 won’t make a significant contribution to global PC sector until next year and DRAMeXchange expects that PC shipments enjoy growth of 8% YOY in 2010.