Samsung tells Dell, HP to get lost
DRAM prices so weak, manufacturers panic
June 2007 PRICES OF DRAM continue to plummet and now, according to a report on Digitimes, Samsung has told large PC multinationals they’re not getting any more, full stop.The report, if true, demonstrates the depths to which DRAM prices have sunk during this year, despite the false promise proffered to the industry by Microsoft Vista. Presumably Samsung would rather store the DRAM chips itself, rather than have the original equipment manufacturers buy low and wait for a rebound in prices.Digitimes claimed today that Samsung told HP and Dell they couldn’t have more DRAM because the two multinationals are pushing the Dramurai for even lower prices. Last week we reported that manufacturers of memory were selling products at below cost price.The same wire claims that Hynix and Nanya are perfectly happy to give more DRAM modules to Dell and HP if Samsung is being snotty about it.