[techtalk] Rising RAM Prices

[kev]

Cathy James wrote:

> >I heard that memory prices were going up in the US because companies were
> >saying that the earthquake in Taiwan cut the supply-- the problem with that
> >excuse is that Taiwan only supplies the US with 10% of the chips......
>

I don't know what % Taiwan supplies the UK with, but I got the told the same
here a couple of weeks ago. I desparately need more memory for my home machine,
but I'm holding out. I was under the impression the prices were coming back
down again, but I haven't checked for a week.

- Kev

>
>         I saw a comment by a high muckety-muck in *Intel* stating
> that he had no idea why memory prices were going up (!).
>
>         Taiwan is an excuse, not the cause.
>
>         --Cathy James
>
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