{"id":172749,"date":"2026-01-08T20:36:37","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T20:36:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/high-ram-prices-mean-record-setting-profits-for-samsung-and-other-memory-makers\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T20:36:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T20:36:37","slug":"high-ram-prices-mean-record-setting-profits-for-samsung-and-other-memory-makers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/high-ram-prices-mean-record-setting-profits-for-samsung-and-other-memory-makers\/","title":{"rendered":"High RAM prices mean record-setting profits for Samsung and other memory makers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Supply shortages and big price increases for RAM and storage have been <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2025\/12\/for-just-a-couple-of-months-in-the-middle-of-2025-it-was-an-ok-time-to-build-a-pc\/\">a major drag<\/a> for enthusiasts and PC builders in recent months. And while we haven&#8217;t yet seen large, widespread price increases for memory-dependent products like pre-built laptop PCs, smartphones, and graphics cards, most companies <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-01-07\/samsung-warns-of-price-hikes-as-rising-memory-costs-affect-all\">expect that to change this year<\/a> if shortages continue.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, memory manufacturers are riding high demand and high prices to record profits.<\/p>\n<p>In revenue guidance <a href=\"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/global\/samsung-electronics-announces-earnings-guidance-for-fourth-quarter-2025\">released this week<\/a>, Samsung Electronics predicts it will make between 19.9 and 20.1 trillion Korean won in operating profit (roughly $13.8 billion USD) in Q4 2025, compared to just 6.49 trillion won in Q4 of 2024.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2026\/01\/high-ram-prices-mean-record-setting-profits-for-samsung-and-other-memory-makers\/\">Read full article<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2026\/01\/high-ram-prices-mean-record-setting-profits-for-samsung-and-other-memory-makers\/#comments\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wpematico_credit\"><small>Powered by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpematico.com\" target=\"_blank\">WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supply shortages and big price increases for RAM and storage have been a major drag for enthusiasts and PC builders in recent months. And while we haven&#8217;t yet seen large, widespread price increases for memory-dependent products like pre-built laptop PCs, smartphones, and graphics cards, most companies expect that to change this year if shortages continue. In the meantime, memory manufacturers are riding high demand and high prices to record profits&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[241],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-172749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>High RAM prices mean record-setting profits for Samsung and other memory makers - UshopWell.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/high-ram-prices-mean-record-setting-profits-for-samsung-and-other-memory-makers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"High RAM prices mean record-setting profits for Samsung and other memory makers - UshopWell.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Supply shortages and big price increases for RAM and storage have been a major drag for enthusiasts and PC builders in recent months. 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