Now, ASUS has announced price hikes for some of its products, and you can already guess the reason. ASUS Officially Announces Price Hikes For Its Products, Citing Higher DRAM And SSD Prices We saw it coming since a few manufacturers have already announced price hikes for their products. …
… AI hardware enjoys prioritized allocation and technology roadmaps built around next‑generation HBM, while mass‑market devices must contend with constrained access to standard DRAM at higher prices. …
… "Whether it's a smartwatch or a phone, it's all coming out of the same overall availability." Consumer cost We're now starting to see the price pressures faced by hardware manufacturers being passed onto consumers. …
… Related Story Ex-Samsung Chip Boss Says China’s DRAM Blitz Could Crush The 414% DDR5 Price Spike Within A Year Do note that Samsung's latest 30 percent price increase represents an average price hike that spans multiple DRAM products, including High Bandwidth Memory HBM for AI as well as commodity … …
… In comparison, DRAM will account for 14% of device BoM in mid-range devices and 23% in flagship phones, according to the report. Low-end wholesale price $800 : Flagships are going to face dual cost pressures from high-capacity memory and 2nm flagship SoCs. …
… The broader memory market continues facing pressure from AI accelerator demand and HBM production constraints, contributing to elevated DRAM pricing across the PC industry. …
… Read more : Western Digital runs out of HDD capacity: CEO says massive AI deals secured, price surges ahead Read more : G.SKILL issues a statement on DRAM crisis, prices will continue to 'change without notice' Read more : Samsung halting SATA SSD production says leaker, warns of 18 months of SSD p… …
… By winding down older memory, Samsung can redirect capacity to newer, more profitable DRAM and NAND storage, which is under pressure as well. …
… Even before the price hike, Micron had discontinued its DDR4 memory . We also have a statement from Teamgroup on this matter, and that only paints a further bleak picture of the entire situation: We have indeed observed noticeable upward pressure on prices across the NAND and DRAM markets. …
… HBM combines vertically stacked DRAM chips with ultra-wide data paths and has the optimal balance of bandwidth, density, and energy consumption for AI workloads. HBM is much more expensive to produce and has a warranted price premium to DDR5, but demand remains strong for HBM. …
