Fresh RAM woes emerge in the form of a rumor that Samsung has doubled the cost of DDR5

• Samsung has reportedly doubled the cost of DDR5 RAM
• This is the contract price for DDR5 charged to RAM manufacturers
• As ever, though, price rises in the supply chain will be passed on to consumers – if this rumor is correct, of course

There's yet more worrying news on the cost of RAM, as Samsung is rumored to be seriously increasing the price of DDR5 memory (and DDR4 pricing is still rising, too).

Notebookcheck.net spotted that leaker Jukan on X posted an article from a Taiwanese tech news site (Technowvoice.com), which claims Samsung has just ramped up the contract price of the DDR5 chips it supplies to memory manufacturers.

Taiwanese media: DRAM price surge shows no signs of stoppingAccording to reports from Taiwanese media, Samsung has abruptly raised the DDR5 contract price to $19.50, bringing it close to $20.This figure represents an increase ...