Memory market news
Every item is tagged by segment and scored for price direction: price-positive means the development tightens supply or raises clearing prices; buyer-negative means it hurts whoever is trying to buy memory this quarter.
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- DRAM· mixed
AI demand reshapes DRAM rankings: Samsung 39%, SK hynix 26%, Micron 25%
Samsung reclaimed the DRAM revenue crown at 39%, back to 2024 levels. SK hynix grew revenue 214% YoY yet fell from 39% to 26%. Micron sits one point behind at 25% — the closest since 2014. CXMT (+716%) and Nanya (+690%) were the fastest growers.
Counterpoint Research ↗ - HBM↑ price-positive
SK hynix posts ₩79.3T revenue and a 76% operating margin
Operating profit of ₩60.5T on ₩79.3T of revenue, with first-half revenue past ₩100T for the first time. The company cited long-term agreements with roughly ten key customers and said HBM4 hit customer-required operating speeds.
SK hynix ↗ - DRAM↑ price-positive
Micron reports record FQ3: $41.5B revenue versus $9.3B a year ago
Revenue rose from $23.86B the prior quarter to $41.46B, with $28.24B in GAAP net income and $25.4B of operating cash flow. Management flagged 'transformational Strategic Customer Agreements' — the prepay structure now standard across the industry.
Micron (SEC filing) ↗ - DRAM↑ price-positive
Contract price surge drove 1Q26 DRAM industry revenue up 81% QoQ to $97B
Conventional DRAM contract prices rose roughly 93–98% QoQ. As AI shifts from training to inference, CSPs are buying general-purpose servers too, widening demand from HBM3E and LPDDR5X into broad RDIMM capacities.
TrendForce ↗ - NAND↑ price-positive
Enterprise SSD contract prices up 48–53% QoQ in 2Q26
AI and general-server demand opened a severe supply-demand gap in enterprise SSD. Suppliers are shifting mix toward low-latency, high-margin drives aimed at cutting AI inference cost.
TrendForce ↗ - Retail↓ buyer-negative
DDR5-6000 CL30 opens at $399.99 for a 32GB kit; 128GB clears $2,999
A dated listing check found $214.99 for a single 16GB module, $399.99 at 32GB and $869.99 at 64GB. The WhereIsMyRam tracker put US retail up 13.7% over the prior 30 days.
TechFuelHQ / Newegg check ↗ - Retail↓ buyer-negative
SSD pricing one year in: 220% increases are crippling the DIY market
Consumer SSD pricing has roughly tripled through the component crisis. Trackers now show 2TB NVMe flat over 30 days and down 42% over 60 from the spike — the first sign of a retail cooling.
Tom's Hardware ↗ - HBM↑ price-positive
SK hynix ships HBM3E to Blackwell and MI355X while HBM4 enters qualification
HBM3E is the dominant stack in production AI systems, with SK hynix HBM bit share read at 50–55%. Both SK hynix and Micron have HBM4 in qualification for MI400-class parts, so the next transition is already underway.
Silicon Analysts ↗