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MisterEd said:

and Micron Technology

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MisterEd said:

You are right. The semiconductor companies are making record amounts of profit for RAM, SSDs , and GPUs for AI customers. Only a small amount of profit comes from consumers.

Today there are just three major manufacturers of RAM: Samsung Electronics, SK hynix, and Micron Technology. I something online recently. It seems there is a Chinese company that is increasing production of DDR5 RAM. Maybe we will soon be buying RAM from them instead.

I saw a YouTube video where someone who had 1 of 4 sticks of Crucial 128GB RAM fail. Even though the RAM was under warranty Crucial told them they had no replacement RAM so could only reimburse them what they paid for the RAM which was about $240. That was crazy since they would have to pay about $1200 for the RAM now.

Note Crucial is owned by Micron. Micron early this year said they were shutting down the Crucial consumer RAM supplier. That means that no more RAM is being manufacturer by Crucial.

Here are a few of the items items I bought in 2024 and 2025 and what they cost today:

Crucial 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 4800 Laptop RAM = 4/24 $85.59 | 8/26 $419.00
Samsung 990 EVO Plus 2TB NVME SSD = 4/25 $129.99 | 10/25 $139.99 | 8/26 $369.99
Samsung 990 EVO Plus 4TB NVME SSD = 10/25 $249.99 | 8/26 $589.99
Samsung T7 Shield 4TB Portable SSD = 10/24 $237.49 | 8/26 $849.95

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