semiconductor prices fall so rapidly in the second half of the 1990s, why has the rate of price decline slowed since 2001, and to … what extent are these price swings associated with changes in the rate of advance in semiconductor technology? We show that … pace of advance in semiconductor technology; however, the slower cost declines since 2001 appear not to have been mirrored …

Sharp declines in semiconductor prices are largely responsible for observed declines in computer prices. Although … communications equipment also has a large semiconductor content, communications equipment prices do not fall nearly as fast as …

semiconductor devices. These data may be used to construct indexes under different assumptions from those used in indexes that are …