After attending the Flash Memory Summit on August 6 and 7, Goldman Sachs analyst Mark Delaney said his meetings and talks with industry participants reinforced his view that NAND pricing is already showing signs of improvement and increased his confidence that blended NAND pricing will be up sequentially in the fourth quarter. Meanwhile, he still thinks DRAM pricing is likely to fall in the near-term, but said the rate of Q4 decline could be "somewhat less severe" than he previously expected. Delaney has a Buy rating on Micron (MU), a Neutral rating on Western Digital (WDC) and a Buy rating on Lam Research (LRCX), which he believes is well-positioned to benefit from continued scaling in NAND.