DRAM prices up over 27% since China FAB fire
Prices of DRAM chips have continued to climb after a major Hynix FAB plant was damaged by fire last week.
Prices of DRAM chips have continued to climb after a major Hynix FAB plant was damaged by fire last week.
If damage to SK Hynixs large FAB facility in China is extensive, production could take as long as six months to resume and as much as 10% of the worlds DRAM supply would be affected.
The Korean press reports that a huge explosion and fire in Hynix's fabrication plants 1 and 2 in China may put DRAM shipments on hold for the foreseeable future. Hynix is responsible for about 30% of the world's DRAM production.
Rambus is considering whether to appeal the Wednesday jury verdict that <a href="http://www.cio.com/article/694345/Jury_Rules_Against_Rambus_in_Antitrust_Case">scuttled its antitrust suit</a> against Hynix Semiconductor and Micron Technologies, which could have required the defendants to pay nearly US$12 billion in damages.
A San Francisco jury has rejected a US$4 billion antitrust claim by Rambus against rival RAM makers Hynix Semiconductor and Micron Technology, a California court announced Wednesday.