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RAM price hikes: the latest on the global memory shortage

Random access memory, or RAM, is in just about every piece of technology we use. But it’s also the technology that AI companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and Meta are using to power the servers in their massive data centers. Now, the world’s biggest memory makers — Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron — are taking advantage of a surge in demand, shifting their resources away from consumer-focused products and toward more lucrative deals with AI companies.
The result is a severe shortage in RAM for consumer products, which is not only contributing to price hikes on the RAM kits used by PC builders but also for the manufacturers of a range of devices, including laptops, smartphones, gaming consoles, and a whole lot more. Some companies, like Raspberry Pi and Framework, have already raised the prices of their products as a result of the increase, while others, like Dell, Asus, Acer, Xiaomi, and Nothing, have warned about price hikes coming soon.
It doesn’t look like the RAM shortage is going to subside anytime soon, as analysts at the International Data Corporation predict that it could “persist well into 2027.” Here’s all the latest news on the rising price of RAM.

What goes up… keeps going yup, apparently.

PC shipments dropped over 20 percent in Q3 due to RAM price hikes

SK Hynix reportedly wants permission to export equipment to China in exchange for building a new US chip factory.

Global smartphone sales just hit a 14-year low.

Decade-old RAM is making a comeback

PC shipments dropped around 20 percent in Q3, analyst firms say.

AMD intends to ‘substantially’ increase its chip supply next year.

Nvidia’s Shield TV Pro just got a $100 price hike

Huawei says RAMageddon has increased its smartphone costs by $200.

Samsung raised prices on the Galaxy S26 by $100

2GB Raspberry Pis are getting pricier.

Acer’s CEO expects PC prices to come down… eventually.

AMD also has a rumored 10 percent price hike coming.

Valve’s virtual reality plans hit actual reality

The Dell XPS 13 is the latest laptop to get a $100 price hike.

The Trump phone just got a $250 price hike

It’s the year of smartphone price hikes

Framework is giving some customers a RAM refund

Intel CPUs are reportedly getting a 10 percent price hike in October

The real reason your phone is getting more expensive

Google tells Android app developers to cool it on memory use, or else

Sony Xperia 10 VIII: Same specs, new price.

Nvidia’s AI chips are about to get more expensive too.

Amazon just hiked the prices for Echo, Fire TV, and Kindle products by up to 60 percent

The sub-$100 phone market is disappearing.

Gigabyte’s bringing back AM4 motherboards.

Xbox prices are increasing by up to €200 or £170

Sony says don’t worry, we’ve got plenty of RAM for PlayStation.

Senators call on Apple to not buy Chinese-made RAM chips.

Best Buy is selling an RTX 5080 for more than the RTX 5090’s MSRP

Qualcomm is raising phone chip prices starting September 1st

Logitech isn’t affected by RAMageddon — but a chipmaker ‘incident’ may cost it $20 million.

4GB graphics cards are back

There is no new normal.

This is my new favorite laptop, but thanks to RAMageddon the price already went up by $800

Chinese RAM company CXMT makes a $484 billion stock market debut

Here comes the Chinese RAM.

Google basically confirms the Pixel 11 is getting a price hike

Qualcomm is about to raise prices and that’s bad news for everyone

Roku raises streaming hardware prices by up to $50

The higher-end prebuilt Framework Laptop 13 Pro now costs $800 more.

Framework’s premium laptop is shipping with less RAM

Ayaneo’s Next 2 handheld got a $1,000 price hike.

Even Microsoft couldn’t make Windows 11 work well on 8GB of RAM

Nvidia’s biggest RAM supplier just had a trillion-dollar debut on Wall Street

PC shipments fell for the first time in over two years thanks to RAMageddon.

A tough chart about the RAM crisis.

Apple wants permission to buy memory from a blacklisted Chinese supplier

Why is Apple asking me to pay more for Big Tech’s AI obsession?

Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier, on his new YouTube channel: “I just kind of started it on a whim.”

PlayStation and Xbox hardware had a tough May.

It’s now the Arduino Uno Q’s turn to get a price hike

Are you extracting enough value from the AI revolution?

RAMageddon just got extremely real

It’s a bad time to want a new computer

Xbox prices spike another $100 or more

Here are all of the Apple price hikes

Samsung’s new budget phone costs $50 more despite downgrades

Apple raises prices on Macs, iPads, and more by hundreds of dollars

The Steam Machine paradox.

Valve describes just how brutal RAM negotiations are in 2026

Nothing cancels this year’s CMF phone due to RAM prices

The CoD SSD.

Tim Cook says RAM expenses are ‘unsustainable’ and Apple is going to raise prices

SanDisk’s new PlayStation 5 SSD will cost you more than three PS5 Pros

“The retail SSD market has almost disappeared.”

Nothing CEO says phone prices are going to keep going up

Xbox exploring ‘radically different’ console business models

RAMaggedon’s making Xbox “rethink” its Helix console.

SK Hynix is planning to double memory production over the next five years.

Reading between the lines.

Valve raises Steam Deck prices by more than $200

Redmagic’s liquid-cooled gaming phone arrives with overclocked Snapdragon chip

Will there still be a desktop PC industry at this rate?

Samsung’s memory chip employees negotiated $340,000 bonuses this year

Samsung has a tentative deal with workers to avoid a memory chip strike

The future of game consoles is looking bleak

Sony’s PS5 sales plummet amid price rises and a memory crisis

Nintendo is raising Switch 2 prices

Big Tech is offering big gifts in exchange for RAM.

Apple’s $599 MacBook Neo could be at risk from rising RAM prices

The RAM shortage’s next victim is another powerful handheld.

Apple axes more Mac Mini and Studio models.

The Pixel 11 could be the next victim of the RAM shortage

Apple raises the Mac Mini’s starting price

Rising memory prices will have an “increasing impact” on Apple’s business.

Samsung says the RAM shortage could get even worse next year

Ayaneo is raising prices for most of its products due to the RAM shortage.

A GPU with more memory? In this economy?

The RAM shortage could get even worse if Samsung labor protests cut production

Asus’ Zenbook Duo is finally up for preorder but costs $400 more than expected.

The Lenovo Legion Go S is RAMageddon’s latest victim

The RAM shortage could last years

AYN’s dual-screen gaming handheld is getting a price increase due to the memory crisis.

Meta blames RAM shortage for $100 Quest 3 price hike

Samsung is hiking the prices of its Galaxy phones and tablets

RAMageddon has come for Microsoft’s Surface Pro and Surface Laptop

The AI RAM shortage is also driving up SSD prices

Lenovo Legion Go 2 suddenly costs $650 more as RAMageddon lays waste to gaming hardware

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