"No stock": Samsung raises DDR5 contract price by over 100%

[Redaktion]

Samsung has reportedly increased the contract price of DDR5 memory by over 100%. Claiming that there is no stock, the Korean Giant has pushed the contract price of DDR5 DRAM near $20. OEMs are likely to pass this price hike on to the consumers in 2026.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/No-stock-Samsung-raises-DDR5-contract-price-by-over-100.1185970.0.html

[Swizzy]

Very organic.

[Bizarro_NikoB]

I wonder if Samsung's newest lucrative partnership with OpenAI has anything to do with this? 

Ram is pretty integral in many infrastructures, it could be argued one company should not control the majority of supply.

Imagine if a big pharma company that was the sole maker of a cancer drug entered into a lucrative contract with a private business actively hoarding the global supply of that cancer drug and then that big pharma company shrugs their shoulders at the world and says theres no more supply ...oh and the price for that cancer is doubled.

They'd prob be in jail but I guess Sam Altman and Samsung are special!!

[Ryan223456]

Well, luckily i was able to buy a P14s intel 265, rtx500 with 96gb of ddr5 ram 2 months ago for like $1600. 😂😂

[citral]

Well, luckily i was able to buy a P14s intel 265, rtx500 with 96gb of ddr5 ram 2 months ago for like $1600. 😂😂

That sounds pretty s*** value wise, 1600$ is a lot of money