In the aftermath of Japan's export restrictions to South Korea,... global memory chip prices have soared by up to 25 percent in the past two weeks.<br />According to data released by price-tracker DRAM Exchange on Saturday,... the average price of the benchmark 8-gigabit DDR4,... stood at 3.74 U.S. dollars on Friday.<br />This is up nearly 15 percent from a week before,... and more than 23 percent higher than the week when Japan announced the export curbs.<br />The average price of the lower-end 4-gigabit DDR3,... which is also widely used in PCs,... also rose 25 percent to 1.78 dollars.<br />Industry experts attributed the rise to Japan's export restrictions,... saying there were no other distinctive changes to supply and demand in the market. <br />
