Global DRAM sales to grow

The outfit predicts that global DRAM revenues will rise to $31.9 billion in 2010, up 40.4 per cent from $22.7 billion in 2009. If this comes true it will be welcome news for the industry, which has suffered annual revenue declines of 3.7 per cent in 2009, 25.1 per cent in 2008 and 7.5 per cent in 2007. Mike Howard, senior DRAM analyst at Isuppli, said this year will build on the momentum built up in the fourth quarter of 2009, when overall industry revenues increased by 40 per cent.