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What's going on with RAM? — Everything you need to know about surging prices, AI demand, and global tech market disruption

RAM prices have skyrocketed, and it doesn't seem like they're going to come down anytime soon. This could have lasting effects on the tech market as a whole, and it could last for years. I explain.

Windows Central

Crucial could have been the brand to help consumers with RAM and storage costs, not make them worse

Micron is closing down the Crucial brand, but as someone who covers RAM and storage for a living, I don't think it had to be this way.

GamesRadar

Crucial Exits Consumer Market After 29 Years Amid AI-Driven Price Surge

The Crucial consumer line is all but done.

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Hot on the heels of Micron bailing out of the consumer RAM market, SK hynix is apparently committing over $500 billion to build four new memory fabs, with the first to be finished by 2027

No guesses as to what customer all this money is really for.

PC Gamer

Surging RAM Costs Put Pressure on PCs, Consoles, and the Next Wave of Games

RAM is quickly becoming a rare commodity in 2025, and moving to next year, prices won’t be coming down anytime soon. According to PCPartPicker’s pricing trend report, the average cost of a 32GB DDR5-6000MHz RAM kit is $350 right now (more than double compared to September 2025). The situation is…

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Memory crisis and sky-high DRAM prices could run past 2028 as Samsung and SK Hynix opt to 'minimize the risk of oversupply'

The two big memory makers want to stick with boom and avoid bust.

PC Gamer

Epic CEO: "RAM price increases will be a real problem" — as OpenAI et al. blow up RAM prices, threatening affordability of everything from Xbox to TVs and laptops

Microsoft, OpenAI, and other artificial intelligence proponents are using tax payer subsidies to blow up the price of RAM, and by extension, practically all consumer tech.

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Nvidia's Smartphone-Style Memory Shift To Trigger A 100% Price Surge In Server Memory By 2026: Report

The decision by Nvidia Corp (NASDAQ:NVDA) to integrate smartphone-style memory chips into its AI servers could potentially double the prices of server memory by the end of 2026, according to a report.

Benzinga

Going ham with RAM: Adata and MSI max out DIMM capacities thanks to clock drivers and SK Hynix stacks flash with DRAM for the ultimate memory chips

Like we'll be able to afford any of it, the way things are going right now.

PC Gamer

Key AI Chip Supplier ASML Deepens Ties With Samsung and SK hynix in South Korea

Dutch chip equipment giant, ASML Holding NV (NASDAQ:ASML) opened its new 16,000-square-meter Hwaseong Campus in South Korea on Wednesday to strengthen research, development, and collaboration with key partners Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (OTC:SSNLF) and SK hynix.

Benzinga

Nvidia's RTX 5000 Super could be cancelled or get pricier due to AI-induced GDDR7 woes — rumor claims 3 GB memory chips are now too valuable for consumer GPUs

Nvidia RTX 5000 Super series might be canceled due to AI-induced GDDR7 shortage, as rumors suggest that 3GB GDDR7 chips will be hard to come by.

Tom’s Hardware

SK hynix reveals DRAM development roadmap through 2031 — DDR6, GDDR8, LPDDR6, and 3D DRAM incoming

SK hynix’s DRAM roadmap presented at the SK AI Summit 2025 outlines the company’s AI-focused memory strategy through 2031 that includes DDR6, LPDDR6, GDDR8, and next generations of HBM solutions. HBF is not expected to hit the market before 2030.

Tom’s Hardware

World's Hottest Stock Market Is Crushing Wall Street—And It's Not What You'd Expect

A historic rally has put South Korea at the center of the global equity spotlight in 2025, with its benchmark index crushing Wall Street returns—but that same blistering pace is now prompting regulatory intervention.

Benzinga

Samsung and other memory manufacturers reportedly leave DDR5 buyers hanging as prices expected to surge 30–50% every quarter from the end of 2025 through the first half of 2026

The biggest rise in recent memory.

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Benzinga

Nvidia Effect: Key Suppliers Have Already Sold Out AI Memory Chips For 2025

Nvidia Corp's (NASDAQ:NVDA) insatiable demand for advanced artificial intelligence memory chips has sparked a boom for South Korea's chip giants — propelling SK Hynix to record profits and pushing Samsung Electronics Co, Ltd (OTC:SSNLF) to sell out its next-generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM) supply for 2025.

Benzinga

Nvidia-Supplier SK Hynix Sells Out 2026 Chip Supply As AI Boom Triggers Historic 'Super Cycle' — Posts Record $8.02 Billion Q3 Profit

On Wednesday, South Korea's SK Hynix (HXSCF) said it has completely sold out its chip supply for next year and plans to ramp up investments as the global artificial intelligence boom fuels a memory chip "super cycle."

Tom’s Hardware

SK hynix unveils AI NAND strategy, including gargantuan petabyte-class QLC SSDs — ultra-fast HBF and 100M IOPS SSDs also in the pipeline

SK hynix introduced its AI NAND lineup — AIN D, AIN P, and AIN B — at the 2025 Global Summit, outlining a new strategy to deliver high-density, high-performance, and high-bandwidth storage tailored for AI servers and workloads.

PC Gamer

In case we needed a visceral reminder just how screwed memory prices are thanks to AI, Samsung and SK hynix are apparently raising prices by up to 30%

Guess it's time to try downloading more RAM again.

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Tom’s Hardware

Chinese memory maker reportedly preparing for $42 billion IPO — CXMT plans to go public in early 2026

CXMT is reportedly planning to go public, hoping to raise $2.5 to $6 billion in fresh funds.

Benzinga

DuPont's Qnity Expands SK Hynix Partnership As It Prepares To Go Solo

DuPont de Nemours, Inc. (NYSE:DD) said its electronics business, Qnity, has partnered with South Korea’s SK hynix to supply advanced chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) polishing pads used in semiconductor production.

TechRadar

Samsung archrival showcases 245TB PCIe Gen5 SSD, joining Kioxia, Huawei and Sandisk - with Solidigm, Samsung and Micron expected to launch similar products in 2026

SK Hynix showed off its 245TB PCIe Gen5 SSD, joining other storage makers in producing ultra-dense enterprise drives aimed at AI and data centers.

TechRadar

Samsung will launch a 512TB PCIe Gen6 SSD but you will have to wait till 2027 as it looks set to compete against Sandisk, Solidigm, SK Hynix and Kioxia - and no, consumers won't even get a whiff of it

Samsung plans 512TB PCIe Gen6 SSD launch in 2027, targeting enterprise and servers rather than consumer desktops or laptops.

Tom’s Hardware

AI data centers are swallowing the world's memory and storage supply, setting the stage for a pricing apocalypse that could last a decade

As flash demand climbs and legacy DRAM supply lags, memory prices are rising across the board. Meanwhile, nearline HDD shortages are forcing hyperscalers to accelerate the adoption of QLC SSDs for roles once gated by cost, tightening both ends of the storage market.

Benzinga

What's Really Inside Huawei's 'Domestic' AI Chips?

Huawei's latest AI chips, promoted as a milestone in China's push for technological self-reliance, continue to rely on critical components from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (NYSE:TSM), Samsung (OTC:SSNLF), and SK Hynix, a teardown by TechInsights reveals.

TechRadar

Micron takes the HBM lead with fastest ever HBM4 memory with a 2.8TB/s bandwidth - putting it ahead of Samsung and SK Hynix

Micron announces industry leading HBM4 with 2.8TB/s bandwidth and 11Gbps pin speeds, claiming performance advantage over Samsung and SK Hynix.

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