DRAM prices are at an all-time high, and the price of Samsung DRAM is set to see an increase alongside other top manufacturers, according to the latest reports. The price of DRAM is not necessarily something that most consumers would think about. After all, most consumers aren’t OEMs looking to buy mass quantities of memory chips. The only consumers who tend to think about RAM prices are PC builders. However, that is likely to change, as the massive price increase to Samsung DRAM and DRAM from other brands is most certainly going to impact the final price of many, if not all, other products that contain RAM. Which includes smartphones, tablets, laptops, desktops, smartwatches, game consoles, and even streaming TV boxes.
What’s more, is that DRAM prices reportedly won’t go down anytime soon. The price increases aren’t showing any indication of slowing down. The prices will eventually drop, but it could be a while. If that ends up being the case, consumers should prepare for a lot of products they tend to buy every year or every other year to jump in cost potentially for the next few years.
Samsung DRAM price increasesaid to be over 100%
Higher prices are generally expected from time to time. It happens, probably more often than you think. It’s the amount of the price increase in this particular case that is a little concerning. According to Jukan on X (via Tom’s Hardware ), Taiwanese media is reporting that Samsung’s DRAM is going up in cost to $19.50 per unit. Previous prices were around $7 per unit. So this is a huge jump. Ultimately, this will lead to the actual RAM sticks going up in price even further to offset the cost for OEMs.
Samsung is one of three major manufacturers in this space, with Micron having just exited the consumer side to focus on the AI server side of the business. That leaves just SK Hynix and Samsung as the two remaining big manufacturers. This leads to less supply while the demand isn’t decreasing, which, of course, leads to higher prices.
It’s also reportedly going to lead to reduced RAM amounts in products. So, you’ll essentially be paying more for less. Which isn’t a good thing.
