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In article <1992Oct30.011448.1@cc.utah.edu> eyring@cc.utah.edu writes:
> >>Has anyone heard anything about a sudden dramatic increase in the price of
> >>SIMMs for SPARCstations (and probably other systems)?
>  
> >>A few weeks ago we ordered some 4MB SIMMs and paid about $125 each. Today
> >>we called the same vendor and were told the lowest he could tell to us for
> >>was $225 each!! Something about a lawsuit against Korean SIMM manufacturers
>  
> >Your government at work.  The Feds decided that the Koreans were
> >"dumping" memory chips in the US, so they imposed a stiff (70%, or
> >something like that) tariff on Korean memory chips.  This has had a
> >dramatic effect on "spot" prices for memory.  The barometer of memory
> >prices around here is the ad that Fry's Electronics runs every day
> >in the San Jose Mercury News.  4 MB x 9 SIMMS were down to about $109
> >a couple of weeks ago, but now are about $160. 
>  
> The way I heard it was that, it was a preliminary ruling that would
> may be passed at the end of 1st quarter 93, and that it was only on
> the 1Mbx9 simms.  The hike in 4Mx9 is sheer greed!
>  
> Time to write to the Congress Critters!

I heard that the increase was on all DRAMs over 1Mb...

And why should we over here in the UK be affected??

Andrew Speedie