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Surge in DRAM prices likely drive Q4 profits of Korean chipmakers more than 50%
- Collected
- 2017.01.05
- Distributed
- 2017.01.06
- Source
- Go Direct
According to market researcher DRAMeXchange on Thursday, average contract prices of 4GB PC DRAM DDR3 modules, a benchmark for global DRAM price, recently surpassed $25, up 39 percent from the price average in November last year. DRAMeXchange expected an average contract price of DRAM chips for personal computers to jump 30 percent in the first quarter of this year, noting it will be the fastest growth during the usual off-peak season. The prices of DRAM chips for server are expected to gain from 25 percent to 30 percent and chips for mobile devices 10 percent to 15 percent.
Chipmakers are shifting from DDR3 to DDR4 with memory capacity upped to 8GB from 4GB. But tight supply has sent prices higher across the board and likely to keep up the strengthening trend for some time, market observers said.
Samsung Electronics is responsible for about half of global DRAM supplies, and SK Hynix 25 percent.
Samsung due to release its guidance for fourth-quarter earnings on Friday reportedly earned around 4.5 trillion won ($ 3.78 billion) from semiconductor business operation, nearly 60 percent higher from 2.8 trillion won a year-ago period.
SK Hynix also is estimated to have netted up an operating profit of between 1.2 trillion won and 1.38 trillion won for the fourth quarter, up nearly 50 percent from 720 billion won in the previous quarter.
By Lee Dong-in
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