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2H' July contract price for DDR3 rose 9% to US$24, says DRAMeXchange

5 August 2009

Taipei, July 22nd, 2009 --- According to DRAMeXchange, resulting from the 5% upward pricing in term 1H’July, DDR3 contract price for 2H’July hikes again due to tight DDR3 supply and aggressiveness in inventory replenishment for PC-OEMs.

2Q09 branded NAND Flash makers sales rose 33.6% QoQ to US$2.786bn

31 July 2009

2H’July mainstream MLC NAND Flash contract price declines around 4%

24 July 2009

 Taipei,July 24th 2009------2H’July mainstream MLC NAND Flash contract price slightly declined around 4% since customer base and demand varied during the period and resulted in the mild downward pricing trend. Says DRAMeXchange.

Spurred by demand LED output returned to last year’s benchmark

13 July 2009

 Taipei,July 13th 2009----According to the industry research institute LEDinside, in June 2009, Taiwan’s listed LED manufacturers recorded total revenue of NT$565.2 billion a 9.5% growth compared to NT$516 billion in May (+4.7% YoY). Considering the past experience, the demand for the hot season is likely to extend through September and October.

Slow Season Effect: 1HJuly mainstream MLC NAND Flash contract price slightly dropped 1%-5%.

13 July 2009

 Taipei,July 13th 2009-----End-customer’s purchase willingness in early July is cautious since July is traditionally regarded as the slow season for NAND Flash main products such as memory card and UFD. Inventory level for some card makers is still above one month. NAND Flash vendors slightly lower mainstream MLC NAND Flash contract price to enhance the purchase volume.