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Jeremy Laird

Former Samsung boss predicts the memory crisis could be over in the second half of next year thanks to a 'surge' in Chinese capacity

A promotional image from G.Skill showing the RAM makers DDR5 RDIMMs filling all eight memory slots of a Threadripper motherboard.

Is this the news we've all been waiting for? An end to the memory crisis? Possibly. No lesser an authority than the former president of Samsung Electronics' semiconductor division says that memory prices could fall starting in the second half of next year thanks to a "surge" in manufacturing capacity in China.

Speaking at the National Academy of Engineering in Seoul, South Korea (via Wccftech), Kyung-Hyeon Kye said, "Chinese companies are aggressively expanding their production capacity." The result will be a "surge" in memory supply in the second half of 2027 or early 2028.

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