High memory prices have become the new normal, and we might never see them returning to normal, says Lenovo.
Memory Prices Beyond 2030 Will Not Reach The Levels They Were A Year Ago As Lenovo Lays Out Its Survival Guide For The RAMageddon
Memory shortages are worsening each passing day, and major players have signaled the markets to brace for far worse hits in the coming years as supply-demand gaps widen.
Micron just stated that things are out of their hand as they can not fulfill the demand, even for their strategic & top-level customers, while Samsung and SK Hynix have made similar statements. These companies are making massive profits from the ongoing AI boom, but with no stopping in sight, it looks like high memory prices are here for the long haul.
Talking to the audiences at ISC 2026, Lenovo presented a slide where it laid out the current price trajectory of DRAM and NAND products. We already know that the prices started to spiral out of control around the end of Q3 and the beginning of Q4 of 2025. Today, they are at levels that no one ever thought they would be at, and this will continue going forward as shortages continue.
According to Lenovo, despite these major DRAM/NAND firms bringing up additional capacities and building various fabs to tackle the supply-demand gap, they will hardly make a dent, and the high prices are likely never going to return to the original levels or the levels that they were at during early 2025.
Although Lenovo's comment on the matter was meant as a joke, the company's presenter did go on to state that higher prices would eventually become the new normal moving into 2030 and beyond.
This is alarming for regular consumers as that would mean higher prices not only for memory modules and SSDs will be true in the coming decade, but all products featuring these solutions will also come bearing a higher price. Gone will be the days of cheaper PCs, consoles, mobiles, Mobiles & other devices that use memory and SSDs.
Currently, SK Hynix is expected to expand its fabs by fast-forwarding its original 2040+ roadmap to 2030+. They are expected to triple their memory output by the said timeframe, but like Micron, time will tell if demand will ease up or if the capacity will be enough to meet both ends. For the time being, it's an unfathomably bad situation for regular consumers.
News Source: Computerbase
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