After the incipient rise in the price of RAM and SSDs, for the excuse of smartphones, it is up to graphics cards due to the rise in price of VRAM memories, due to a reduction in production.

If the anger is already generalized by the rise in the price of RAM and SSDs, which has as a great excuse, high-end smartphones that increasingly ask for more NAND Flash memories, now it is the turn of graphics cards. During the month of July there has been an increase in the price of VRAM, the memories that are integrated into the graphics cards. These were priced at $ 6.5, but now the price is up 30%, to $ 8.5. A rise that we will all pay and for sure, in excess.

The rise has been implemented by Samsung and SK Hynix, two of the main manufacturers of this type of memory. Said price increase is given by these two companies are working on memories for other functionalities, such as SSDs or RAM modules and therefore, VRAM loses weight and of course, that is a very important problem, because it makes the cost more expensive. Final product. We must also bear in mind that the production of VRM memories corresponds to 55% of the total share, to Samsung and 35% of the total share, to SK Hynix.

This can lead to a price increase in the month of September of RAM memories and could lead to a certain shortage of graphics that carry GDDR5 and derivative memories (the HBM2 would be saved). We do not know by how much the price will go up, but an 8GB GDDR5 graphic could be at least $ 16 more expensive, if we take into account the increase in this price. It should be noted in this regard that Samsung had plans to increase the production of VRAM, something that in the end, it seems that it will not happen, indeed, the opposite effect will occur and in the end, those who lose are the computer users, because smartphones they have a lot of profit margin and can afford to keep prices.

Source: DigiTimes