In fact the prices are high. The reason you see a price drop is because the prices skyrocketed in the last half of 2006. The prices are still higher than they used to be. Also DDR1 RAM has become costly since it is getting out of use for new computers, however it is still purchased a lot for upgrades.
Here's an interesting question for you guys and gals: Do any of you think competition in the memory market will reduce (a la two or three primary suppliers) much like the GPU and CPU markets?sykonfc
No, the RAM market is very different from the GPU and CPU market. This is because RAM is easy to do and is very simple, so it is considered "cheap" electronics. That means pretty much every asian PCB/chip industry can do theirs for really cheap, while CPUs and GPUs are extremely complex, so only a few american/european companies with a lot of knowledge can do them. This is true for every kind of electronics. The very simple components that you see on boards like resistors, capacitors, etc. are all built in asia by a lot of companies, while complex parts, like every complex chip, can only be built by a few.
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