Customer sends two-stick $16,000 DDR5 memory kit to repair shop
Customer sends two-stick $16,000 DDR5 memory kit to repair shop

A YouTube channel best known for its skillful graphics card fixes has published its first DDR5 module repair video after the economics of RAM repair change.

Micron now has an 88% margin on consumer memory as price hikes drive profits
Micron now has an 88% margin on consumer memory as price hikes drive profits

Micron’s consumer business is its most profitable by margin according to the company’s fiscal Q4 2026 financial report, despite shipping less memory in the quarter.

Micron projects tightening RAM shortages through 2028 as it generates record profit

Micron makes big money amid the NAND and DRAM shortage. Company expects supply crunch to continue through 2028.

G.Skill wins PC enthusiast as ‘customer for life’ by simply honoring its warranty replacement policy

A PC RAM maker has honored its guarantee promises despite the memory kit in question’s price rising eightfold since it was bought. That’s today’s AI-pocalypse news.

Memory chips are now more expensive than compute chips on a per-area basis

DRAM makers may potentially get more money for their wafers than TSMC gets for its N3 wafers.

China’s CXMT hits 12nm-class DRAM milestone — new 5th-gen DRAM tech uses quadruple-patterning to boost die capacity by 50%

China’s DRAM champion CXMT has begun mass production using its 5th Geb DRAM process technology

Acer CEO says memory makers are hyping 2030 shortage fears to protect margins — PC prices set to decline by late 2027, cheaper Chinese capacity coming online delivers lower memory prices

Acer chairperson and CEO Jason Chen believes that PC prices will plateau by the first half of next year and start coming down towards the latter part of 2027. He also said that memory makers predict high prices because they want to keep their high margins for as long as possible.

NOR Flash and SLC NAND production are under threat as capacity gets routed to more profitable products — ‘severe undersupply’ threatens everyday electronics

NOR Flash and SLC NAND are the latest products to be impacted by the ongoing AI buildout, with capacities tightening and production being routed to more lucrative chips.

Corsair’s 32GB Vengeance kits are the cheapest DDR5 RAM on the market right now — lock down 6,200 MT/s speeds for $419.99 or save $10 on a slower RGB kit for $409.99 before memory prices climb further
Corsair’s 32GB Vengeance kits are the cheapest DDR5 RAM on the market right now — lock down 6,200 MT/s speeds for $419.99 or save $10 on a slower RGB kit for $409.99 before memory prices climb further

This Corsair stock for 32GB Vengeance RAM means you can snatch DDR5 modules at some of its cheapest pricing right now, with a DDR5-6200 kit costing $419.99.

Micron announces 512GB DDR5-9200 memory modules with 16W power draw — up to 12TB per server, claims 60% less energy-intensive than four 128GB modules
Micron announces 512GB DDR5-9200 memory modules with 16W power draw — up to 12TB per server, claims 60% less energy-intensive than four 128GB modules

After five years, Samsung’s 512GB DDR5 memory modules get their first direct rival from Micron, which also promises to offer speed bins up to 9200 MT/s. But their prices could be way too high even for hyperscalers.