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Memory chip prices triple in China

    VNS - 10/16 -Taiwan's devastating earthquake last month has caused the
price of memory chips used in personal computers to more than triple in
mainland China.

    They said the impact on China was more exaggerated and would last longer
than elsewhere, because Taiwan component makers would only restore supply lines
to the country after satisfying order backlogs in higher-priority markets such
as the United States and Europe. The average market price for a 64 megabyte
SDRAM chip had shot up from just US$44 two months ago to around $156, said
information systems engineer Wang Zhigang, confirming a report in the official
Lao dong Daily.

    Wang, who works for Shanghai Macrowyse Info-Tech Development Co. Ltd., said
the price of computer motherboards had also risen by around 10 percent.

    "If you want to buy a computer, don't buy it now - wait six months," he
said, adding that quake-related inflation in these components had boosted
retail prices of made-to-order PCs by nearly eight per cent.

    The tumbler on September 21 caused a global supply crunch, as Taiwan
produces a commanding proportion of certain computer components.

    Prices on the mainland will continue. to rise, as the supply has "almost
stopped" and is not expected to return to normal until next April, Wang and
other analysts said.

    One PC company in southern Shenzhen complained that it could only get its
hands on 50 motherboards per month, compared with more than 1,000 normally.

    The dramatic shortages have prompted irregular market practices here,
including speculative hoarding and the substitution of used or lower-grade
hardware by unscrupulous PC business people, the Laodong Daily said.

    Taiwan produces 80 per cent of the world's PC motherboards and 75 per cent
of its add-on cards, it said.

    Demand for such vital components is high in China, as none are made
domestically, and consumers are expected to snap up some six million units this
year.

    VASC

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