The RAM memory market has seen a sharp increase in demand recently. The shortage of these essential components for PCs and other devices has caused unexpected price rises. However, this situation has also led manufacturers to enjoy strong sales growth, reaching over a 30% increase during the third quarter of this year. According to TrendForce, revenues rose to $41.4 billion in the same period.
This represents a 30.9% quarter-over-quarter growth for this challenging period of 2025. It is expected that by the fourth quarter, suppliers’ inventories will be nearly depleted. For this reason, DRAM prices are forecasted to increase between 45% and 50% in the final quarter of the year, with a rise of up to 55% when including high-performance memory for accelerators and servers, such as HBM.
RAM Price Could Rise Up to 55% in the Fourth Quarter
These results are good news for the current leading memory supplier, SK Hynix. The company reported $13.75 billion in revenue during the third quarter of 2025, which represents a 12.4% increase compared to the previous quarter. However, strong competition in the market caused SK Hynix to lose some market share, now standing at 33.2%.
Samsung also achieved strong results, earning $13.5 billion in memory sales, up more than 30% from the previous quarter. This performance keeps Samsung in second place with a 32.6% market share, slightly behind SK Hynix. Micron remains in third place, after boosting its revenue by over 53%, reaching a 25.7% share.
The remaining market share is divided among several smaller manufacturers, mainly from Taiwan.
In related news, CyberPowerPC is set to raise prices on all its systems starting December 7, 2025, due to a significant global shortage and price surge of RAM and SSD components.
