In brief: After climbing for three straight quarters, DRAM prices have largely stabilized and are expected to trend downwards in the coming months. PC manufacturers hold enough stockpiles of memory to put additional pressure on prices for the coming quarter, meaning retail prices could see a small improvement.
With current chip shortages, this isn't the best time to buy more RAM or integrate it into a new PC build. Dial back a few months, and the situation was looking a bit pessimistic due to a combination of high demand and limited supply that was causing prices to slowly creep up with each passing month.
According to a
report from TrendForce, however, that trend may be coming to an end faster than anticipated.
Specifically, contract prices for consumer DRAM are now expected to see up to a five percent drop by the end of this year. One reason for this is that PC manufacturers have built substantial stockpiles of DRAM just in case the ongoing chip shortage gets worse, which in turn caused memory manufacturers to adjust their prices downwards to move more inventory.
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