In the midst of the ongoing PC component crisis, tech giant Samsung has quickly doubled the price of DRAM that it manufactures for various brands, bringing the contract price close to $20 on parts like DDR5 RAM. Ergo, PC part shoppers will be stuck paying premiums on essential components, as Samsung has stated that the sudden price spike is due to the company having no DRAM stock left.
As of this writing, Samsung is the largest business conglomerate in South Korea, and it is one of the major manufacturers of consumer RAM, alongside companies like SK Hynix and Micron. Samsung's major customers for DRAM include companies like G.Skill and Corsair. Along with its PC component and smartphone businesses, Samsung is known for manufacturing storage space for PCs, smartphones, and game consoles. This includes SD cards of different sizes, including the recently-launched microSD Express format. Currently, microSD Express cards are utilized by the Nintendo Switch 2 as the console's main method of expandable storage, with products like Samsung's P9 Express card selling for competitive prices to consumers looking to add more space.
Skyrocketing RAM costs cast a worrying shadow over the Nintendo Switch 2, as prices rise across...
