Hynix CEO: sees smaller qtrly dip in DRAM sales

CHIBA, Japan Dec 2 (Reuters) - Hynix Semiconductor Inc (000660.KS), the world's second-biggest memory maker, expects a smaller-than-usual quarterly fall in DRAM revenues in January-March, its CEO said on Wednesday.

"DRAM revenues historically fall by 20 percent in the first quarter, but I don't think it will fall that much in 2010," compared with October-December, Kim Jong-Kap said on the sidelines of semiconductor equipment trade show Semicon Japan.

Kim, who declined to elaborate, cited strong demand for PCs using Microsoft Corp's (MSFT.O) new Windows 7 operating system, growing demand in emerging markets and tight supply due to limited investment by DRAM makers in 2009.

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