Memory prices may not fall until 2027, new research warns

New market research suggests memory prices may not drop even in the second half of 2027, as demand from AI infrastructure continues to strain global DRAM and NAND supply.
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US RAM crisis hits boiling point as AI mania wipes out all 32GB DDR5 kits under $359 — cheaper kits vanish from shelves within seconds of listing

Retailers have started selling 32GB DDR5 memory kits with a starting price of $359.99 in the U.S. market.

Framework raises RAM prices for the third time in three months, SSD costs up — company warns that it’s running out of stock on some Intel processors as well

Framework increased RAM prices for the third consecutive month, while also announcing that it’s hiking the costs of some of its SSDs.

Analysts predict bloodbath coming to the price of laptops, and you must clutch your wallet

Laptop and desktop prices are expected to rise by up to 35 percent this year, with no relief likely until the second half of 2027. If you are planning to buy a new PC, now is the right time.
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SK hynix introduces turbocharged LPDDR6, 33% faster and 20% more power efficient than LPDDR5X — 16Gb chips deliver 10.7 Gbps, uses 10nm node

SK Hynix has announced the successful development of its first LPDDR6 memory modules that operate at “over” 10.7Gbps. The new modules take advantage of the manufacturer’s bleeding-edge 10nm-class (1c) process node.

Memory bit flips cause up to 15% of Firefox crashes, asserts Mozilla engineer — figure inferred from 470,000 auto-submitted crash reports

A Mozilla engineer has shared survey data and calculations suggesting that up to 15% of Firefox crashes are due to a bit flip.

DDR5 RAM kits skyrocket to an astonishing $4,000 on Newegg with wild price listings on multiple G.Skill and Corsair products — various speeds and capacities all listed at the same eye-watering price

Newegg has raised the price of some Corsair Vengeance DDR5 memory kits to $3,980; however, it’s unclear whether this is a pricing blunder.

Micron sampling first 256GB SOCAMM2 memory packages to customers — 2TB of RAM per CPU is now in reach of datacenter players

Micron is now sampling 256GB SOCAMM2 units, enabling capacities of up to 2TB of LPDDR5X per CPU in AI servers.

DRAM bots reportedly being deployed to hoover up memory chips and components — one operation ran 10 million web scraping requests, hitting DDR5 RAM product pages every 6.5 seconds

Online security firm DataDome just reported that it has stopped a massive scalping effort to buy memory modules and resell them at inflated prices, turning the memory situation from bad to worse.