Prices of dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chips fell to a fresh record low in the second half of August due to a slowdown in global economic growth that hurt demand, industry data showed Thursday. According to the data provided by Taiwan-based DRAMeXchange, the price of the benchmark DDR3 1-gigabit 128Mx8 1066-megahertz device plunged 14.8 percent from the first half of this month to US$0.52.