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What DRAM Price Crash? Samsung Just Raised Its DRAM Prices By 30 Percent For Q2

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The memory sphere has turned into the epitome of a hysteria-obsessed lady of Victorian England. As evidence, look no further than the commodity DRAM sector, where a modest spot price reduction has spurred everything from death-knell prouncements to stock price crashes. Yet, the truly big players like Samsung have maintained their placidity, and appear bent on hiking prices like clockwork. Samsung has hiked the prices of its memory products by an…
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While stores are seeing temporary price drops for some DDR5 RAM modules, behind the scenes, the opposite is happening. Samsung has signed new contracts with customers, with memory prices up to 30% higher than in the previous quarter. If this trend continues, the prices of not only computers but also smartphones and consoles will increase. RAM prices are rising despite temporary drops in stores. The situation in the DRAM memory market is becoming…

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Samsung started the second quarter of 2026 with a further rise in DRAM memory prices. While the increase may seem significant at first sight, it is still well below the most pessimistic scenarios mentioned in recent weeks. With an increase of about 30%, the market is currently avoiding an explosion in prices, even [...] The Samsung article increases the price of DRAM by "only" 30%: a less brutal increase than expected appeared first on HardwareC…

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The huge demand for hardware for artificial intelligence has further consequences for end users. After the cost of memory had already doubled in the first quarter of 2026, Samsung is now raising its DRAM prices significantly again. (Continue reading)

Second quarter and Samsung’s new price increase in its DRAM memory business. And yes, the “good” news, is that the price rise is only 30%. This evidences that there is still no crisis in the market, but really this rise will directly affect the server market, while consumer users can breathe calmly, for now. Remember that the price of DRAM memory has begun to drop in price. This is because we have come to a situation where the user buys so littl…

South Korean corporation Samsung has once again revised its semiconductor prices upward. According to industry publication ET News, the tech giant increased its DRAM prices in the second quarter. The increase was 30% compared to the beginning of the year, which defies recent expectations of possible component price reductions. As a reminder, in the first quarter, Samsung... The post No Price Cut: Samsung Raises DRAM Prices by Another 30% first a…

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Tech4Gamers broke the news in on Sunday, April 5, 2026.
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