houses to cut their quotes by an average of 5% in the first quarter of 2008, according to industry sources. Among all major DRAM testing and packaging houses, ChipMOS Technologies already cut its quotes for select customers in December. More here at Digitimes....

Notebook Vendors Expect ODM Quotes To Drop. notebook ODM. With notebook makers increasing their ODM quotes to reflect increasing costs, sources at notebook PC vendors think unless the makers reach an agreement over price, pricing competition should soon appear...

TSMC Draws More MEMS Foundry Business Despite High Quotes. TSMC MEMS memory. Despite foundry quotes for micro electro-mechanical system (MEMS) production at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) being much higher than other MEMS-specialized foundries,...

PC Vendors Asking For Reductions In ODM/OEM Quotes For Blu-ray Drives. OEM ODM Blu ray. PC vendors including Hewlett-Packard (HP), Dell, Acer and Asustek Computer want a considerably large reduction in ODM/OEM prices of Blu-ray Disc (BD) Combo and BD-ROM drives,...

Monitor Prices To Increase In April. lcd monitor prices. In order to cover rising quotes for monitor panels in April this year, monitor vendors are planning to increase their ASPs (average selling prices), according to sources at monitor vendors..   In order...

their contract quotes in April, key memory module makers in Taiwan say that it is about time to see price adjustments. A-Data Technology chairman Simon Chen indicated that it would be good to see DRAM makers adjust their quotes. More here at Digitimes....

the possibility of lower DRAM contract quotes in the second half of June, DRAMeXchange projects that DRAM pricing should have a stable upward trend in the third quarter of 2008. DRAMeXchange observes that most DRAM makers wish to raise their quotes by 2-5% in...

Notebook Battery Suppliers To Raise Prices In Q1. notebook battery. With battery core supply remaining short and prices for the chief material cobalt continuing to rise, notebook battery module makers are expected to increase their quotes in the first quarter,...