Samsung: DDR DRAMs to Remain in Short Supply

Samsung has just confirmed reports that there are tight supplies of DDR3, and warned that the shortages would last until the first quarter of next year, according to EETimes.

Keich Lee, manager of memory marketing for Samsung said that shortages of “DDR2 are more severe than DDR3″, and “DDR2 prices surpassed DDR3 at the end of September.”

“The PC market is better than we thought, but we’re cautious,” said Lee. “We’re at a sensitive point” in terms of market demand.

According to data provided by Hynix, Hynix and Samsung dominate the DDR3 market with a 45% market share respectively.

Source: expreview.com