DRAM demand will remain strong

MEMORY MAKER Kingston is rubbing its paws as it anticipates a lucrative second quarter.

According to Digitimes, Scott Chen, vice president of the Asia Pacific division of Kingston Technology believes that demand for DRAM chips will remain strong in the second quarter of 2010.

Unit prices of DDR2 and DDR3 memory might move up higher even after reaching the $3 mark, Chen said. He predicted that Windows 7 is going to play a significant role in spurring consumer and enterprise PC replacements that have been delayed for four to five years.

Demand for DRAM has remained strong since the beginning of 2010 and Chen thinks it will be sustainable for at least two years if major chipmakers do not blindly expand capacity.

He also thinks NAND flash and solid-state drives will be a lucrative areas for the memory chipmakers. Kingston has just launched a low-capacity SSD series and already has had some success, Chen claimed. µ