{"id":29398,"date":"2025-10-24T11:44:57","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T11:44:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/?post_type=news&#038;p=29398"},"modified":"2025-10-24T11:45:01","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T11:45:01","slug":"micron-says-no-relief-for-memory-in-2026-pc-ram-prices-to-rise","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-10-24\/micron-says-no-relief-for-memory-in-2026-pc-ram-prices-to-rise\/","title":{"rendered":"Micron says no relief for memory in 2026; PC RAM prices to rise"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"spgn__article__hero__news horizontal-wrapper vertical-wrapper\">\n\t\t<h1 class=\"spgn__article__hero__news__title wp-block-post-title\">Micron says no relief for memory in 2026; PC RAM prices to rise<\/h1>\n\n<figure class=\"spgn__article__hero__news__image --with-bg wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"854\" src=\"https:\/\/images.gaming.news\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80,width=1280,height=854,dpr=1,fit=crop,gravity=0.5x0.5\/https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ram-unsplash-therealslkhv.jpg\" class=\"attachment-1280x854 size-1280x854\" alt=\"DDR5 RAM\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1600px) 565px, (min-width: 1280px) calc(25vw + 172px), (min-width: 900px) 800px, (min-width: 380px) 91.8vw, calc(40vw + 178px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.gaming.news\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80,width=412,height=275,dpr=1,fit=crop,gravity=0.5x0.5\/https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ram-unsplash-therealslkhv.jpg 412w, https:\/\/images.gaming.news\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80,width=768,height=512,dpr=1,fit=crop,gravity=0.5x0.5\/https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ram-unsplash-therealslkhv.jpg 768w, https:\/\/images.gaming.news\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80,width=792,height=528,dpr=1,fit=crop,gravity=0.5x0.5\/https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ram-unsplash-therealslkhv.jpg 792w, https:\/\/images.gaming.news\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80,width=1280,height=854,dpr=1,fit=crop,gravity=0.5x0.5\/https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ram-unsplash-therealslkhv.jpg 1280w\" \/><figcaption>DDR5 RAM. 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be no relief for the memory market in 2026, and an industry-wide imbalance will persist as supply trails demand.<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n\n\n\t<li class=\"spgn__article__key-points__list__item\">\n\t\t<span>Adata has already issued a similar warning because AI is rapidly absorbing DRAM inventories.<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n\n\n\t<li class=\"spgn__article__key-points__list__item\">\n\t\t<span>For consumers, that means DDR5 RAM prices will keep rising throughout the following year as well.<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\t\t<\/ol>\n\t<\/div>\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t<div class=\"spgn__article__content horizontal-wrapper vertical-wrapper narrow\">\n\t\t<div class=\"spgn__article__content__main spgn__content\">\n\t\t<p>Micron warns the DRAM market will remain extremely tight with the supply-demand imbalance only worsening through 2026. For consumers, this will result in multiple surges in <a href=\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/codex\/ram-for-gaming-pc-capacity-speed-ddr5-guide\/\">PC RAM<\/a> prices and possibly worsen overall memory availability; <a href=\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-10-11\/exclusive-ddr5-ram-kit-prices-surge-15-pct-this-month\/\">the first hikes have already reached retail<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to a DigiTimes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitimes.com\/news\/a20251020PD213\/micron-dram-2026-market-hbm.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">report<\/a>, Micron, one of the largest memory manufacturers, signals that 2026 will not bring any relief for the ongoing memory crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-10-01\/dram-supercycle-through-2027-ram-prices-set-to-surge\/\">DRAM supercycle will continue<\/a>, supply will stay tight, the whole memory market situation will become worse, and the supply-demand balance will not reset on its own. This is a memory industry outlook, not a Micron-specific issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-emerging-memory-crisis\">Emerging memory crisis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A few days earlier, <a href=\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-10-15\/adata-ceo-ai-demand-may-trigger-pc-ram-and-ssd-shortages\/\">Adata chairman Simon Chen warned<\/a> that AI data centers are outbidding the PC market and draining DRAM and NAND, leaving only 2-3 weeks of supply and raising the risk of consumer RAM and <a href=\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/codex\/ssd-for-gaming-guide-to-nvme-vs-sata-m-2-form-factor-and-tips\/\">SSD<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-09-16\/ssd-prices-may-rise-into-2026-as-qlc-shortage-looms\/\">shortages into 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>AI buildouts consume large amounts of memory: GPUs\/AI accelerators ship with HBM (stacked DRAM), while the surrounding servers still need substantial quantities of conventional memory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With thin inventories and demand outpacing capacity, suppliers ration output, <a href=\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-09-23\/samsung-reportedly-plans-to-raise-memory-and-storage-prices-in-q4-2025\/\">raise contract prices<\/a>, and prioritize higher-margin parts\/deals. Because of this, analysts are already predicting a <a href=\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-10-01\/dram-supercycle-through-2027-ram-prices-set-to-surge\/\">DRAM supercycle through 2027<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-ddr5-ram-prices-are-surging\">DDR5 RAM prices are surging<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Retail <a href=\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/codex\/ram-for-gaming-pc-capacity-speed-ddr5-guide\/\">DDR5 RAM<\/a> prices have already moved due to hikes from major memory manufacturers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-10-11\/exclusive-ddr5-ram-kit-prices-surge-15-pct-this-month\/\">According to our research<\/a>, US medians for 2\u00d716 GB and 2\u00d732 GB kits rose roughly 15% by Oct. 10 and around 20-30% by Oct. 20 (compared to September 2025). Weekly prices for those capacities are climbing ~5% for four straight weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large any-ratio-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/gr-cop-1-1280x683.png\" alt=\"Daily median DDR5 RAM retail prices in the US by kit capacity (2x8GB, 2x16GB, 2x32GB) from January to October 2025\" class=\"wp-image-28100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/gr-cop-1-1280x683.png 1280w, https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/gr-cop-1-792x422.png 792w, https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/gr-cop-1-412x220.png 412w, https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/gr-cop-1-768x410.png 768w, https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/gr-cop-1.png 2040w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Daily median DDR5 RAM retail prices in the US from January to October 8, 2025.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-ai-hardware-boom\">AI hardware boom<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>All this aligns with the extreme pace of AI infrastructure expansion:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-09-22\/nvidia-to-invest-100-billion-into-openai-and-deploy-10-gigawatts-of-systems-to-power-infrastructure\/\">Nvidia to invest up to $100 billion into OpenAI and deploy 10 GW of AI accelerators<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-09-18\/nvidias-5-billion-investment-in-intel-to-power-new-ai-infrastructures\/\">Nvidia invested $5 billion in Intel, marketed as a buy-in collaboration to develop custom AI chips<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-10-08\/nvidia-to-invest-2b-in-xai-to-lock-a-20b-deal-for-its-own-gpus\/\">Nvidia to invest $2 billion in xAI to lock a deal for its own AI GPUs worth $20 billion<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-10-06\/openai-signs-amd-gpu-deal-days-after-nvidias-investment-plan\/\">OpenAI signed a GPU deal with AMD<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-10-14\/openai-lines-up-10gw-broadcom-chip-deal-to-ease-nvidia-reliance\/\">OpenAI lines up a deal to get up to 10 GW chips from Broadcom<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-previous-dram-supercycle\">Previous DRAM supercycle<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This is not the first time the DRAM market looked like this. In 2017, demand for smartphone and server memory ran ahead of supply for multiple quarters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both DRAM spot and RAM retail prices climbed for 1.5 years until inventories were rebuilt. The <a href=\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/codex\/dram-supercycle-2017-how-previous-memory-crisis-unfolded\/\">previous DRAM supercycle<\/a> sets the pattern for today\u2019s market dynamics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large any-ratio-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"646\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/RAM-prices-1280x646.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/RAM-prices-1280x646.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/RAM-prices-792x400.jpg 792w, https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/RAM-prices-412x208.jpg 412w, https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/RAM-prices-768x388.jpg 768w, https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/RAM-prices.jpg 1537w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The DRAM supercycle in 2017-19 is clearly visible on the price graph of DDR4 RAM kit. 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