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Andy Edser

Industry insiders say Samsung has confirmed a DRAM price increase of 'over 100%' for its customers, so brace yourself for the next phase of the dreaded RAMpocalypse

Two DDR5 RAM modules lit up in pink inside a gaming PC.

Well, I did say things were likely to get worse before they got better. According to South Korean outlet Etnews, Samsung Electronics has confirmed a DRAM price increase of "over 100%" for its customers in the first quarter of this year.

That's up from a 70% increase in January, which seems pretty indicative of how much worse the RAMpocalypse is going to get before it gets better.

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