News & Reviews:   DRAM

Samsung Electronics is preparing to phase out older low-power memory standards, with reports confirming that the company has stopped accepting new orders for LPDDR4 and LPDDR4X chips. With this, the company is moving forward with LPDDR5 once the predecessors run out.

Unless you have been hiding under a rock, you would have heard about the skyrocketing RAM prices. The reason is due to AI platforms constantly expanding, so supply < demand = prices+++. However, there are some people who think that recent developments could help bring the end of the RAM shortage sooner than expected, and prices could return to normal. Below is an update of recent happenings.

As we have been reporting for weeks, the shortage of memory chips across the world will raise the prices of smartphones this year. According to new research from Counterpoint Research, rising DRAM and NAND flash costs are significantly increasing the bill of materials for smartphones across all price segments, forcing manufacturers to reconsider their component strategies.

The global technology industry is now facing warnings of a serious memory supply crisis as DRAM prices are expected to jump by up to 95% by March 2026. A report from research firm TrendForce shows that extreme demand from AI data centres has severely disrupted existing supply chains.

It was only yesterday when we reported that the rising cost of memory chips may put pressure on Apple, since Samsung and SK Hynix are increasing it. However, Apple CEO Tim Cook responded to that matter during the company’s latest earnings call with equity analysts.

We have been talking about this for a while; memory costs have already risen, and the global memory chip market is facing steep price increases that are reverberating across the technology sector. This is prominent in the smartphone industry, where dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) is a critical component.

Samsung has released a new memory chip today and it's said to be a perfect fit for 5G low-cost devices. The new LPDDR5 uMCP (UFS-based MCP) is a multichip package that combines the company’s fastest LPDDR5 DRAM with the latest UFS 3.1 NAND flash in a single package. Currently, the product is the first such smartphone memory solution appearing in the industry.