You can see in our table, above, the rather extreme price action affecting the DDR4 spot market in recent weeks. DigiTimes also says that the contract prices paid by tech manufacturers have also ...
Memory spot prices surged in the second quarter of 2025 but have since stabilized at high levels. DDR4 supply remains constrained, yet the earlier rush to secure inventory has eased, with market ...
A perfect storm of chip demands has driven memory prices up. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. If you're in the market for some ...
Memory chip spot prices have witnessed unprecedented increases over the past year, driven by continuing shortages and supply ...
TL;DR: DDR4 memory prices are rising due to supply constraints as manufacturers shift focus to DDR5 and HBM for AI applications, causing DDR4 demand to outpace supply. This trend makes upgrading to ...
According to recent data from DRAMeXchange the spot price for a single 4Gb DDR4 DRAM IC dropped 38.62 per cent between June and October. Over the same period a single 4Gb DDR3 chip's spot price ...
DDR4 prices have been steadily increasing in the past months due to the lack of supply. Top DRAM manufacturers Micron, Samsung, and SK hynix have announced earlier this year that they’re ceasing ...
As consumers, we've been a little spoiled with RAM prices over the past few years. A continued overabundance of chips on the supply side kept retail prices steadily trending downward, even (and ...
Prior to the release of Intel’s Z170 platform, DDR4 memory prices remained extremely high compared to DDR3 equivalents and required the use of other expensive components designed primarily for ...
I still remember the days of DRAM price increases nearly a decade ago, where you would buy it like gold or silver because you could ride the waves of DRAM price fluctuation - and here we are again, ...
Editor's note: Guest author Dustin Sklavos is a Technical Marketing Specialist at Corsair and has been writing in the industry since 2005. This article was originally published on the Corsair blog.