17 stories tagged dram, newest first.
29 points by el_duderino | 28 comments
Ars Technica article reporting that memory executives, including Micron's CEO, expect the RAM supply shortage and rising prices to continue through 2028.
310 points by speckx | 360 comments
TechPowerUp news article on Micron's CEO saying memory supply will be much tighter in 2027 and 2028 than in 2026; the page returned a 403 Access Denied error.
74 points by DeepLogin | 51 comments
GamersNexus news feature arguing that memory manufacturers have damaged the consumer RAM market through pricing and supply decisions.
542 points by giuliomagnifico | 422 comments
Seoul Economic Daily article reporting Samsung plans to double HBM4 output next year, expanding HBM capacity to 250,000 wafers a month.
594 points by haunter | 482 comments
Tom's Hardware news article reporting that RAM prices have risen about 500% in a year, with 128GB of DDR5 now costing $3,399.
469 points by inigyou | 450 comments
IGN news article reporting that memory (RAM) production capacity for 2027 is reportedly sold out, with 2028 not looking much better.
382 points by vga1 | 145 comments
Stanford DAM page presenting an interactive, downloadable dataset of historical and current DRAM, HBM, and NAND flash memory prices from 1960 onward.
496 points by d0ks | 584 comments
Substack essay by David Oks arguing that AI-driven memory demand is causing a global memory crunch that is raising prices and killing cheap smartphones.
![Screenshot of youtube.com: DRAM has a design flaw from 1966. I bypassed it [video]](https://hn.urlbox.com/shots/renders/2026/4/10/9f7f120a-80e6-43f7-a485-10f90a465f0f.jpg)
371 points by surprisetalk | 132 comments
A LaurieWired YouTube video explaining a decades-old DRAM design limitation and a technique to bypass it for lower tail latency in RAM reads.
324 points by rbanffy | 198 comments
Ars Technica article reporting that Apple quietly dropped the 512GB RAM Mac Studio configuration amid an industry-wide memory shortage.
346 points by jnord | 272 comments
Ars Technica article reporting HP says RAM now makes up about 35 percent of its PC bill of materials, up from 15-18 percent last quarter.
331 points by sethops1 | 314 comments
PCWorld news article reporting that Samsung Semiconductor reportedly refused a RAM order from Samsung Electronics for Galaxy phones amid AI-driven memory price increases.
471 points by zekrioca | 347 comments
PCPartPicker price trends page charting average DRAM memory prices in USD over the last 18 months; captured behind a Cloudflare verification check.
691 points by simlevesque | 343 comments
Micron investor relations press release announcing the company's exit from its Crucial-branded consumer memory and storage business.
438 points by redohmy | 388 comments
A BuySellRAM blog post on Samsung raising DRAM memory chip prices by up to 60% and what it means for tightening global memory supply.
637 points by 1317 | 141 comments
David Buchanan's blog post showing how electromagnetic fault injection on DRAM using a piezo cigarette lighter can be exploited to gain root on a laptop.
341 points by jnord | 28 comments
IEEE Spectrum obituary article reporting the death of DRAM inventor Robert Dennard at 91, alongside remembrances of other IEEE members.