Memory prices up 500% in 12 months, back to 2007 levels

[AINews] Memory prices up 500% in 12 months

Tom's Hardware reports 128GB DDR5 kits now cost 10x their lowest-ever price at $3,399. Hyperscale buyers have already locked in nearly all global DRAM production capacity for 2027 with advance deposits. Mainstream DRAM chips are now worth over half as much per kilogram as solid gold. Daniel Lemire notes this reverses roughly 20 years of memory price progress. The post doesn't break down the supply-demand mechanics behind the spike.

Why it matters: Memory price spikes are a core infra bottleneck for AI right now, with concrete pricing and capacity-lockup signals that matter directly to practitioners. The ding is that this is a paid newsletter roundup, not original reporting, and the topic has been running for months — so...