spikey_richie Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 World DRAM prices are set to rocket as news comes in that Hynix FABs 1 and 2 have been engulfed in a ball of flame following a huge chemical explosion. Reports are still coming in, but the effects are immediate ? with memory prices already shooting up by 10% in the first hour after reports started. This is one of the main factories for nVidia GDDR5 we are told, so expect a major issue for the green team with production and pricing. That said, As nVidia begin to switch to other sources, so AMD?s price for Radeon RAM will also jump up. Hynix makes 30% of the world?s memory in this area, and now it will lose half its production, so world production will drop by 15%. http://www.kitguru.net/components/memory/faith/hynix-fabs-on-fire-after-chemical-explosion/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Overlord Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 wow, that was fast spikey_richie 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Praetor Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 now it's the best time to buy RAM... tomorrow and the next months not so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spikey_richie Posted September 4, 2013 Author Share Posted September 4, 2013 Update: http://www.kitguru.net/components/memory/faith/far-east-memory-shipments-on-hold-after-hynix-explosions/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Growled Member Posted September 4, 2013 Member Share Posted September 4, 2013 I'm not surprise. We have a global economy now and everything effects everything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phouchg Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 Gah! It's not that long ago we've made it through the Thailand flood and the resulting stupid cash grab, and here we go again. Luc2k 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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