ELECTRONICS PRICES

By Staff -- Purchasing, 3/23/2000

Current 3-month

price forecast

MEMORY

DRAM

64 Mb SDRAM PC100 $8.75 down

16 Mb SOJ 60ns $3.70 stable

4M DRAM SOJ 60ns $1.60 stable

SRAM

1M, SOJ, 15ns $3.00 up

256K, SOJ, 15ns $1.60 stable

256K, DIP, 70ns $2.35 stable

64K, SOJ, 20ns $1.00 stable

4M, (512x8), 70ns $10.75 up

EPROM

1M Cerdip $2.00. up

4 Mb Cerdip $5.00 up

FLASH

1M, PLCC $3.25 up

4M, TSOP $6.90 up

8M, TSOP $7.40 up

16M, TSOP $15.80 up

LOGIC

74F00 DIP $0.10 stable

74F138 DIP $0.17 stable

74F244 DIP $0.18 stable

74HC/HCT244, DIP $0.23 stable

MICROPROCESSORS

Pentium III 550 MHz $348.00 down

Pentium III 500 MHz $229.00 down

Pentium III 600 MHz $241.00 down

Pentium III 650 MHz $316.00 down

Pentium III mobile 400 MHz $187.00 down

Celeron 553 MHz $127.00 down

Celeron 500 MHz $93.00 down

Celeron 466 MHz $73.00 down

Celeron 433 MHz $69.00 down

DISCRETE DEVICES

Transistors To-220 $0.260 up

Zener diode Do-35 $0.026 stable

Thyristors To-225 $0.250 stable

RESISTORS

Carbon film, .25W $0.003 stable

Metal film, .25W $0.006 stable

Network, 8-pin conformal SIP $0.060 stable

Network, 8-pin molded SIP $0.090 stable

Trimmer $0.260 stable

Potentiometer $0.530 stable

Thick film chip, .125W, 1206 5% $0.0024 stable

CAPACITORS

CERAMIC

Dipped radial,.1uF,50V, Z5U $0.050 stable

Axial, conf, 1uF, 50V, Z5U $0.040 stable

Ceramic chip, 1206, .1uF X7R $0.030 stable

TANTALUM

Solid radial, 1uF, 35V $0.110 up

Molded axial, 1uF, 35V $0.160 up

CONNECTORS

DIP socket,open, 16-pin $0.035 down

PLCC, 68-pos $0.380 down

SIMM socket, 30-pos. $0.410 down

D-sub, PCB mounted, 25-pin $0.560 down

SWITCHES

DIP 8 pos.., sealed $0.350 down

DIP 8 pos., unsealed $0.330 stable

Toggle, GP, SPDT, unsealed $0.600 stable

Miniature slide, PC mount $1.000 down

Rocker, AC snap-in $0.490 down

Note: Prices are averages based on a monthly survey of electronics buyers at OEMs and from input from distributors and market researchers.