If no one buys DDR3

[jedisoulfly]

I have a few questions the first is just a question on supply and demand not a discussion on the price/performance compared to DDR2 . Is is safe to say the more people that buy DDR3 memory the faster the price comes down? Also I wonder if/when NVIDIA and AMD come out with chip sets that support DDR3 it might drive price down too. I have read AMD is not looking to go with DDR3 until 09

2nd - how many purchased DDR2 last year and paid $300 USD or more?
I purchased a kit of DDR2 800 2x1gb of patriot (LLK) for $300+tax at a B&M fry's and then just a few months later watched the price come down. Is that solely due to demand? Or did the introduction of DDR3 help the price come down on DDR2.

3rd - I really did not read into it. What was the performance difference between DDR and DDR2 when DDR2 first came out? Was it as small as the difference between DDR2 and DDR3 is or was it a major leap? When I started getting interested in computers and the components that go into them DDR2 was pretty much mainstream. I did not see the negative backlash (or maybe I missed it) I am seeing with DDR3 when a year ago when the price for good DDR2 was $300 and up.

 

[Modelworks]

No the price will not automatically lower if more people buy it.
It depends on how much the manufacturing cost is, how much it cost in developing the technology and how much the factories can turn out per production run.

I went to a conference with a friend that was held by samsung and the explanation they were giving is that DDR2 is cheap right now because of all the memory that was expected to be needed for the holiday season that didn't get used. Factories churned out tons of memory expecting buyers like Dell to use it up and it just didn't happen. So there is lots of surplus .

edit:
Just did a quick search and it looks like the ddr2 prices are going to be headed back up.
http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2...3_prices_set_to_drop/1

 

[jedisoulfly]

Originally posted by: Modelworks
No the price will not automatically lower if more people buy it.
It depends on how much the manufacturing cost is, how much it cost in developing the technology and how much the factories can turn out per production run.

I went to a conference with a friend that was held by samsung and the explanation they were giving is that DDR2 is cheap right now because of all the memory that was expected to be needed for the holiday season that didn't get used. Factories churned out tons of memory expecting buyers like Dell to use it up and it just didn't happen. So there is lots of surplus .

edit:
Just did a quick search and it looks like the ddr2 prices are going to be headed back up.
http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2...3_prices_set_to_drop/1

Was just my thought that if demand went up supply would increase. Usually that tends to mean lower production cost. (though not always) Of course it does not automatically mean cost will come down but it should help some. I understand that development is a large part of the cost but does manufacturing one memory type to another have any real bearing on cost? It's not the same process involved when manufacturing (just slapping sticks together) say DDR or DDR2 or DDR3? I have seen prices start to slowly drop over the past few weeks though.
I have no idea, is there some longer procedure maybe in binning the modules?

I should have read more of that artical before I posted. kinda explains some. thanks