More from RAM price hikes: the latest on the global memory shortage
That’s according to Nothing CEO Carl Pei, who, in a big post on X, also said that:
Memory is fast becoming one of the most expensive smartphone components and potentially the single largest cost driver in the bill of materials by year-end, with estimates suggesting that memory modules which cost less than $20 a year ago could exceed $100 by year-end for top-tier models.
During an interview with Wccftech, Micron VP of marketing Christopher Moore says the company is still serving consumers “through different channels,” such as focusing on supplying DRAM modules to device manufacturers like Dell and Asus:
Our viewpoint is that we are trying to help consumers around the world. We’re just doing it through different channels. We still have a very sizable business in the client and mobile markets... I think it’s really important for people to understand we are still servicing the consumer market.
As Framework announces its second price hike tied to rising RAM costs, it’s worth taking a moment to give Apple its dues — it was hiking up memory prices long before it was cool.
Akarain8:
If this carries on Apple’s RAM pricing will start to look merely ‘overpriced’.
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It’s no secret that RAM prices are absolutely Out. Of. Control. Paradox Customs is taking an interesting approach, selling “prebuilt” PCs that skip memory entirely. The idea being, if you happen to have spare sticks lying around, you can save some money. Of course, it’s also an alarming sign of what the PC market has come to.
As spotted by VideoCardz, data from the German outlet ComputerBase shows RAM kit prices spiking by an average of 252 percent from September to December. Meanwhile, the data suggests that the average price of SSDs — which is also affected by the RAM crunch — rose by almost 42 percent during the three months.
I knew Samsung made lots of money making chips, not just electronics. But Emma’s RAM report puts it in perspective: Last quarter, the company earned nearly twice as much from memory as from its entire TV and appliance business.
Samsung’s mobile biz was still bigger than memory ($22.8B vs. $18.2B), but not by much!
RAM is ruining everything
