Reduced supply and tight supply and demand have pushed up DRAM prices for six consecutive months, and the price increase is expected to expand in the future.
Nikkei reported on the 10th that the price of DRAM, which is used to temporarily store data in smartphones, PCs, and data center servers, continued to rise. The main reason was that the market expected that major DRAM manufacturers would stop production or reduce production of iconic products, resulting in reduced supply and tight supply and demand.
In September 2025, the wholesale price (bulk transaction price) of the benchmark product DDR4 8Gb is about US$4.54 each, and the price of 4Gb products with smaller capacity is about US$3.46 each, both increased by 3% from the previous month, and both increased for the sixth consecutive month. DRAM wholesale prices are settled monthly or quarterly between memory manufacturers and customers.
According to reports, major global DRAM manufacturers are expected to reduce the production of DDR4 products or end the production of some products due to the expected reduction in supply and push up prices. The wholesale price of next-generation product DDR5 also increased by about 3%.
The report pointed out that the person in charge of an electronic product trading company pointed out that "the increase in October is likely to further expand."
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