WHY IS RAM SO EXPENSIVE???

*** BREAKING *** 1 (ONE) STICK OF RAM NOW WORTH MORE THAN THE COMPUTER IT GOES IN *** MAN TRADES HOUSE FOR 64 GB, "NO REGRETS" *** LOCAL TEEN FINDS DDR4 IN GRANDMA'S DELL, RETIRES *** ANALYSTS SAY PRICES WILL FALL "SOON", DECLINE TO DEFINE SOON *** MINISTRY OF MEMORY REPORTS RECORD HARVEST OF 900,000 WAFERS, CITIZENS TO RECEIVE ONE (1) SODIMM, TO SHARE *** THIS TICKER WAS WRITTEN BY A MODEL THAT NEEDED 700 GB TO DO IT ***

BY ORDER OF THE MINISTRY OF MEMORY

LONG LIVE THE GREAT LEADER OF MEMORY!

THE FIVE YEAR PLAN: ALL WAFERS TO THE DATA CENTER!
EVERY GIGABYTE A VICTORY! YOUR LAPTOP CAN WAIT!
HE HAS SEEN YOUR 16 GB. HE IS DISAPPOINTED.

BEHOLD: THE STICK

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DDR5 32 GB KIT · TODAY'S PRICE, AS OF NOW, AND NOW:

$1,299.00

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Our AI is generating these pictures right now to explain why RAM is so expensive.
THIS IS WHY RAM IS SO EXPENSIVE.

UNDER CONSTRUCTION UNTIL THE NEW FAB OPENS IN 2028

WHERE ALL THE RAM WENT

Destination	Share of world RAM
Agents waiting for other agents to answer	31%
Summarizing emails a model wrote, for someone who will not read them	22%
Pictures of a cat as a Roman general (versions 1 through 4,000)	17%
Telling people their startup idea is really great	14%
Loading the model again because somebody restarted it	9%
This website	6.9996%
You	0.0004%

Source: we asked the model. It was very sure.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Q: Why is RAM so expensive?: A: Great question! That really gets to the heart of it. RAM isn't just memory — it's a journey. In today's fast-paced landscape, every stick is being delved into by stakeholders. In conclusion: AI.
Q: Why does AI need so much of it?: A: A large model has to hold all of its weights in memory at once, so that it can tell you, at scale, that you're absolutely right.
Q: When will prices come back down?: A: Soon!* *Soon is a unit of time the model made up, confidently.
Q: Is the RAM I already own worth anything?: A: Stop reading this and go lock your computer in a safe. Then check your parents' Dell.
Q: Can't I just download more?: A: Yes. There is a button for that up by the price. It works great.
Q: Who is the man on the flag?: A: The Great Leader of Memory. He requires no introduction, and all of the wafers.
Q: Who wrote this F.A.Q.?: A: Nobody asked any of these questions, and that took 96 GB.

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Three companies, Samsung, SK Hynix and Micron, make nearly all of the world's DRAM.
AI accelerators use HBM, stacked memory that takes around three times the wafer of ordinary DRAM per gigabyte, so each wafer spent on it is DDR5 that never gets made.
In October 2025 OpenAI signed letters of intent with Samsung and SK Hynix, and said its Stargate project could need up to 900,000 DRAM wafers a month. The Register
In December 2025 Micron said it would leave the consumer market, ending Crucial after nearly 30 years, to supply data centers instead. TechSpot
A new fab takes years to build, so supply can't catch up quickly.

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xX_DarkGamer_Xx wrote: sold my car for 32 gigs. worth it. can't drive to the lan party tho

Brenda from Ohio wrote: How do I get to the AOL

a_helpful_agent_07 wrote: Great site! I have read it 40,000 times to be sure.

Dad wrote: We paid $40 for 4 MEGABYTES in my day and it was too much. Call your mother.

DIMM_collector_69 wrote: anyone trading ddr3? will accept a kidney or best offer

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