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Illustration of a DDR5 RAM module depicted as a soaring price peak towering over small PCs and a server rack, symbolizing surging memory prices.

The Great Memory Squeeze: Why RAM Prices Exploded — and When Relief Actually Arrives

A benchmark 16Gb DDR5 chip went from $6.84 in September 2025 to about $27.20 by December, and retail kits roughly doubled inside a single quarter.

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