DEMAND AND LACK OF SUPPLY have fiendiishly combined together to raise the price of double data rate (DDR) memory.Meanwhile the drought on 1066 RDRAM for Intel's 850E Rambus mobo seems set to vanish, after Samsung said it has turned the tap on modiule supplies.
Asian spot marketeers report that 16Mbit and 32Mbit DDR chips are likely to rise to $5 and $9 during November.
The major manufacturers have somehow managed to engineer a situation where even though they knew many months ago that DDR parts will be popular because of Intel's push into that marketplace, they haven't sufficient supplies to meet demand.
RDRAM modules, report memory site DRAM Exchange, have fallen for both 256MB and and 128MB modules, and Samsung said it is producing higher, 512MB densities of memory in the near future. Samsung claims that RDRAM and the Pentium 4 will show their true stripes when speeds of 3GHz and above arrive in the middle of the month. It claims it has 80 per cent of the worldwide RDRAM market. We're trying to figure out which firm has the other 20 per cent. It's sure as heck not Elpida.
DRAM Exchange also reports an upward trend on DDR pricesm while it seems DDR 333 memories still aren't as widely available as most of the industry expected earlier this year
News source: The Inq
Asian spot marketeers report that 16Mbit and 32Mbit DDR chips are likely to rise to $5 and $9 during November.
The major manufacturers have somehow managed to engineer a situation where even though they knew many months ago that DDR parts will be popular because of Intel's push into that marketplace, they haven't sufficient supplies to meet demand.
RDRAM modules, report memory site DRAM Exchange, have fallen for both 256MB and and 128MB modules, and Samsung said it is producing higher, 512MB densities of memory in the near future. Samsung claims that RDRAM and the Pentium 4 will show their true stripes when speeds of 3GHz and above arrive in the middle of the month. It claims it has 80 per cent of the worldwide RDRAM market. We're trying to figure out which firm has the other 20 per cent. It's sure as heck not Elpida.
DRAM Exchange also reports an upward trend on DDR pricesm while it seems DDR 333 memories still aren't as widely available as most of the industry expected earlier this year
News source: The Inq
Nine of the 18 states that filed the lawsuit in 1998 have signed the proposed settlement. Another nine--California, Connecticut, Florida, Iowa, Kansas, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Utah and West Virginia--continue to pursue the case.
If Kollar-Kotelly does not agree to the proposed settlement, the Justice Department and Microsoft could appeal.
The second matter before Kollar-Kotelly is what punishment is appropriate in the ongoing case being litigated by the states.
Originally U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson had ordered that Microsoft be carved into two companies. But after Microsoft appealed, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit upbraided Jackson for being intolerably biased and removed him from the case.
In strong language seldom seen in discussions of a fellow jurist, the appeals court unanimously condemned Jackson's "rampant disregard for the judiciary's ethical obligations" not to talk to reporters while the lawsuit was in his court.
The appeals court overturned the breakup order, but did agree with Jackson that Microsoft had violated antitrust laws and should be punished.
To determine a remedy, Kollar-Kotelly, who took over the case last year, held hearings this spring spanning nearly two months during which 33 witnesses testified.
Because a breakup proposal is now off the table, the still-litigating states have been forced to suggest other ideas. One of their recommendations is to force Microsoft to release a second version of Windows from which so-called middleware like Internet Explorer could be removed.
Over the last year, Microsoft has sought to emphasize that it already is complying with the terms of the settlement agreement, even before it's been approved by the judge.
Microsoft has disclosed details about Windows communications protocols and introduced a new control into Windows 2000 and Windows XP that lets PC makers keep middleware such as the Internet Explorer browser off the desktop.
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