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- Apple expects 'significantly higher' memory chip cost in upcoming quarters
- DRAM pricing is killing the hobbyist SBC market
- Nintendo to hike price of Switch 2 console due to memory chip prices
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DRAM pricing is killing the hobbyist SBC market
Today Raspberry Pi announced more price increases for all Pis with LPDDR4 RAM, alongside a 'right-sized' 3GB RAM Pi 4 for $83.75. The price increases bring the 16GB Pi 5 up to $299...
Nintendo to hike price of Switch 2 console due to memory chip prices
DDR5 Memory prices also see a drop in China
What do you need to know: The DDR5 price drop is officially going global, with TrendForce reporting price cuts of up to 30% in China and nearly 20% in the US for popular 16GB and 3...
Hit from memory costs spreads from phones to EVs as China’s BYD raises driving-tech price
The impact of sky-high costs for memory chips is spreading from smartphones to cars, as China’s electric vehicle (EV) king BYD announced a 21 per cent price increase for its high-e...
Memory Crunch Hits Blackmagic Design: URSA Cine, Cloud Store, Media Modules, and ATEM All Get Pricier
Blackmagic Design has raised prices across the URSA Cine camera lineup, the Cloud Store family, the Media Module range, and several HyperDeck and ATEM models that ship with preinst...
Memory prices are finally about to drop, and you can thank China for it
Memory prices have gone through the roof thanks to AI demand, but a former Samsung executive thinks Chinese production could bring them back down by late next year.
NVIDIA phases out several Jetson modules due to high LPDDR4 RAM prices and tight supplies
Following the well-advertised Raspberry Pi 4/5 price hikes, we’ve just written an article about some SBCs quadrupling in price since 2024 due to RAM price increases, and another vi...
Nintendo confirms Switch 2 price increase to offset rise in memory prices
(Telecompaper) Nintendo has forecast a fall in sales and profits in its new fiscal year to March 2027, as the rise in memory costs leads to a reduction in demand and profitability...
Samsung reportedly forced to raise prices due to ever-rising RAM cost
Up until now, most smartphone manufacturers, Apple and Samsung included, were able to absorb the memory chip price shock through optimizations and cutting costs elsewhere. However,...
What a difference two years make? Comparing SBC prices in 2024 and 2026
Looking back, 2024 feels like a golden year for single board computers, as the increasing price of RAM (and storage and other components) since late 2025 due to the AI demand has m...
No relief in memory prices visible over next 12-18 months, says IESA president
The price of devices, especially smartphones, has gone up by 20-30 per cent in the last six months
An 8TB SanDisk External SSD is as expensive as a MacBook Pro
What do you need to know: SanDisk’s 8TB External SSD is currently listed with an official price of Php 122,999, proving that NAND chips are now being prioritized for AI datacenters...
Rising DRAM prices are driving "forced premiumization" in the smartphone market in India and Africa, as consumers in the...
David Oks: Rising DRAM prices are driving “forced premiumization” in the smartphone market in India and Africa, as consumers in the sub-$200 segment risk being priced out — The g...
Framework is raising the price of RAM and storage modules, again
Framework's monthly price update is here, and storage is taking the biggest hit. The cheap 2025 inventory is nearly gone, and a full reprice is coming next month.
Nintendo Switch 2 price hikes are coming and you can thank the AI data center building boom
If you’ve been debating whether or not to pick up a Nintendo Switch 2 then you’ll want to act soon. Nintendo says it is raising the Switch 2’s price from $450 to $500 in the U....
A smartphone giant spills the beans on absurd price hike for compoents
Memory costs have quadrupled in a year, three Redmi models are getting pricier next week, and Xiaomi's top executive is the rare voice in tech actually telling consumers what's goi...
Valve raises Steam Deck OLED prices due to "rising memory and storage costs"; the 512GB model is now $789, up from $549,...
Jay Peters / The Verge: Valve raises Steam Deck OLED prices due to “rising memory and storage costs”; the 512GB model is now $789, up from $549, and the 1TB model is $949, up from...
MacBook Neo was such a smash hit for Apple that it might soon treat you to a price hike
Doubling production to 10 million units requires fresh A18 Pro chips from TSMC at full price rather than binned rejects, while DRAM costs surge 57% and 3nm capacity tightens.
Sandisk: A High Beta Play For NAND Memory As AI Demand Surges
Why RAM prices are going down
If you’ve been following the news lately, DDR5 memory prices are going down for the first time in months. The price movement was first spotted in the US, and later on in China. Bas...
Raspberry Pi 5 is getting a $100 price hike thanks to RAM shortage
For months now, we’ve been reporting on the rising prices of memory and storage, which has led several tech companies to increase the prices of their computers, tablets, and smartp...
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