LONDON, UK: The word from PQI (Power Quotient International) is that it is too early to tell whether low density memory cards - 1 GB and 2 GB will change. Price fluctuation will be difficult to predict due to the increase in 3-bit-per-cell availability from vendors.

It is, however, anticipated that a rise in low density card demand will help to keep prices from rocking too much, since the upcoming peak season will see customers building up their inventory levels.

On the other hand, there is the possibility of prices of high density memory cards falling, since NAND flash producers have started using advanced processes to ramping chip production for 3-bit-per-cell chips.

End market demand in the Europe region and the US has fallen due to the debt crisis they have been experiencing. But demand remains high in India and China, as well as several other developing countries.

It is also anticipated that due to Taiwan suppliers shifting additional capacity to DDR3, the DDR2 chip supply could drop and not be able to meet the demand in the fall quarter of 2010.