Samsung has increased the prices of its RAM products for the second time in 2026, showcasing that it has no intentions of slowing down its capitalization on the current market for memory components. In other words, Samsung has sensed the opportunity to make more money on RAM and it intends to do so. Prices on RAM as well as storage products have gone up considerably since late last year, fueled by the everlasting hunger of AI data centers seeking more and more components to power their hardware.
This pricing shift for two different component types that are in just about every consumer electronic product has in turn, increased the prices of those products. Sending prices of GPUs, TVs, smartphones, and anything else with RAM and storage in it soaring above the standard price.
Samsung has increased RAM prices by another 30% on average
According to a report from ET News (via Wccftech), Samsung’s prices on RAM products have gone up by 30% on average for Q2 2026. It’s important to keep in mind that this is based on an average across Samsung’s multiple different types of RAM products. That includes HBM, which is what it sells to companies like NVIDIA, as well as RAM for smartphones, PCs, and other servers outside of the AI sphere.
That makes it a little less intense since it’s not a 30% increase on individual products. Still, it’s an average of 30% on top of the 100% increase just within the last few months. If nothing else, it paints a pretty good picture of how bad things are in the market for memory components right now. Unfortunately, it’s probably not going to get any better throughout the year. Some industry individuals even suspect the RAM shortage could carry over well into 2027.
It’s also important to note that this is not a blanket price hike on all of Samsung’s memory products. You aren’t necessarily going to see every single piece of RAM that Samsung sells jump up in price by a considerable amount. Namely older components. At least for now.
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