Why is RAM so cheap?

[felix 0]

Okay,

I just bought 128mb of RAM for $88AUS.

That's about $45US.

What's the deal? Has someone flooded the market?

 

Whilst I'm not complaining, I'm a little confused.

 

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[This message has not been edited by felix (edited 35 January 3001).]

[tylau 0]

Thats some dumping actions by taiwan and korea memory giants, to clear up stocks as well as to make way for the upcoming memory tansitions to DDR and RDRAM

[tylau 0]

BTW, I got mine 128MB stick at US$35, they are dumping at US$2 for each 64Mb ram chip, so the baseline is around US$33-35 for a 128MB stick