Given the sliding shipments of white-box tablets in the traditional off-peak quarter and the manufacturers’ already replenished supply, the demand for memory modules and chips became sluggish in the spot market. As a result, DDR3 4Gb 512Mx8 eTT prices slid by 13% following the Chinese Lunar New Year period.
Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) announced it will lower PV Feed-in Tariff (FiT) in fiscal year 2014. For PV systems with capacity of 10kW and above, commercial PV FiT will be revised down from 36 yen per kW (tax-excluded) to 32 yen, while residential FiT is to be dropped from 38 yen to 37 yen.
