DRAM price surge continues

An increase in contract prices for DRAM modules led to a 13 percent boost in sales between 4Q16 and 1Q17.

Global DRAM sales reached a record high of $14.1 billion in the first quarter, driven by a roughly 30 percent increase in the average contract price of PC DRAM modules, according to memory chip price tracking firm DRAMeXchange.

First quarter DRAM revenue was up by more than 13 percent compared with the fourth quarter of 2016, the firm said.

Most PC OEMs negotiated first quarter DRAM contracts at the end of 2016, when DRAM was in tight supply, according to DRAMeXchange. Not only did these price increases affect PC DRAM, but they also spilled over into the server and mobile DRAM markets, raising the quotes of mobile DRAM products by nearly 10 percent on average.

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