Computer memory prices to rise 20%: Dramexchange

Global computer memory-chip prices will probably rise by 10 percent to 20 percent from the second quarter, according to the operator of Asia's largest spot market for semiconductors.

Prices of computer chips known as dynamic random access memory will resume their "upward swing" in the third quarter after falling 8.4 percent by the end of last month from US$2.15 on June 10, the peak for the second quarter, Taiwan's Dramexchange.com said in an e mailed statement yesterday.

The benchmark 1-gigabit DDR2 chip currently trades at US$1.92.