Highlights of the day: DRAM costs rising
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DRAM provide has already fallen in need of demand with the chip shortages worsening. DRAM contract costs are anticipated to proceed rising in second-quarter 2021. The coronavirus pandemic has decimated many industries, however the semiconductor sector has thrived towards all odds, HPC, 5G, AI, and automotive purposes might be driving the worldwide semiconductor market progress in 2021 and past, in line with SEMI. But elements scarcity stays a headache within the meantime. Acer expects international demand for notebooks and different PCs to stay sturdy as a result of pandemic-induced stay-home wants, however provide might be constrained by element shortages till thid-quaerter 2021.
DRAM contract costs set to proceed rising in 2Q21: DRAM contract costs are set to proceed rising within the second quarter of 2021, in line with Nanya Technology, which has reported sequential and on-year will increase in February income.
SEMI upbeat about semiconductor market outlook: The rising 5G, HPC, AI and automotive purposes might be driving the worldwide semiconductor market progress in 2021 and over the subsequent a number of years, in line with Clark Tseng, director of Industry Research and Statistics at SEMI.
PC provide to stay constrained till 3Q21, says Acer chairman: The international provide of notebooks and different PCs will stay constrained all the way in which to the third quarter of this yr as elements proceed to be in tight provide, in line with Acer chairman and CEO Jason Chen.
