DDR4 cost prediction from last year

[Orangey]

http://www.desktopreview.com/default.asp?newsID=1884

I was just reading this piece from June last year and

Garber notes that the price for DDR4 is outrageous. A 1Gbit DDR3 chip is $1.40, while a 2Gbit chip is $1.70, and a 4Gbit DDR4 chip is $30. By December, when volume production kicks in, that will drop to $5 and by this time next year, it will be $2.50, she said.

$2.50 * 64 = 32GByte/$160 = ~£130 with VAT

Lowest 32GB kit is double that! Although it's not quite June yet and markup is always going to be high on new tech, the vendors who didn't have to dump their own money into R&D must be having a ball.

 

[Jokester]

Well, not really - the sticks in shops now would have been manufactured a few months ago, eg the $5 price.