Memory - Computer Business Research

Historical Data and Information for DRAM and Other Memory

John C. McCallum's Memory Price History provides a detailed sampling of prices from 1957.

A 2007 report from Microsoft on historical pricing and future technology directions for memory.

Tezzaron Semiconductor provides some historical information on memory pricing with a discussion of the product life cycle.

Sematech, the industry association, 2002 document explaining the long-term productivity issues facing the semiconductor business, providing some historical business data for memory devices.

Shifting Trends in Semiconductor Prices and the Pace

of Technological Progress, a 2006 paper published by the Federal Reserve analyzing prices for DRAM and other semiconductors, contains information on technology productivity.

A History and Overview of the International Technology Roadmap

for Semiconductors (ITRS) 2005 from the Department of Energy provides some historical data and productivity discussion.

Moore’s Law, Increasing Complexity, and the Limits of Organization:

The Modern Significance of Japanese Chipmakers’ DRAM Business a 2008 paper discussing the significance of Moore's Law to the development of DRAM.

Graphical data and a discussion of the effect of Moore's Law from UCLA, 2003

Historical best price per megabyte for memory (DRAM) appears in the table below, prices taken about mid-year.