Prices for DRAM components grew steadily started in the beginning of second quarter due to the absence of capacity expansions in the industry, the growing obstacles faced by suppliers transitioning towards 2xnm manufacturing technology, and the anticipation towards the impending peak quarters. The DDR3 1600 MHz 4Gb prices climbed to as high as US$ 4.6 during July 18th, 2014.
According to DRAMeXchange, a division of global research firm TrendForce, global mobile DRAM revenue amounted to US$3.3 billion in the second quarter, accounting for 31% of DRAM industry value, a slight increase over 29% in the first quarter. As DRAM supply is tight worldwide, mobile DRAM prices stabilized in the second quarter.