RAM Price Index 2026: Daily lowest price on DDR5 and DDR4 memory of all capacities

According to the latest RAM Price Index, as of January 2026, memory prices across both DDR5 and DDR4 have risen significantly, with DDR5 experiencing particularly sharp increases. Due to ongoing globa... Read original →

The current DRAM price surge stems not merely from supply-demand imbalance but from the convergence of generational memory transition and geopolitical friction. DDR5 ramp-up is hampered by EUV yield constraints, while U.S.-South Korea export controls complicate access to advanced lithography tools, inflating production costs. OEMs are forced to extend DDR4 platform lifecycles, yet Intel and AMD have ceased mainstream chipset support—creating a ‘memory without sockets’ structural mismatch. Samsung and SK Hynix are leveraging the crisis to offload DDR4 inventory and pivot aggressively toward HBM3E, while Micron bets on CXL-based memory pooling to hedge spot-market volatility. Over the next 18 months, consumer DRAM will settle into a ‘high-cost, low-capacity’ equilibrium, pushing OEMs toward soldered-down modules for cost certainty. More profoundly, this volatility is accelerating exploratory shifts toward RISC-V and near-memory computing architectures, especially in edge AI devices.