After 15 years of production, DDR3 RAM says goodbye

It is possible that you are reading us from a computer with DDR3 RAM. It’s not uncommon, it’s almost common. Now the number of users using DDR3 is more than the new DDR5 standard. Specifically, we are talking about millions of computers around the world.

And in this world of chips, memories and computers, there is a company that shines its own light: Samsung. The Korean company is the largest manufacturer of RAM in the world. and information has just been leaked that there will be no room for additional DDR3 modules in their foundries.

This move is so that Samsung can lower the price of DDR4 memory, thereby speeding up the production of DDR5 memory (the newest and most powerful). Despite all this, it’s time to take DDR3 out of the equation and release the hardware.

The company hopes not only to get rid of excess stock of old DDR3 memory from its factories, but also to shift the industry’s focus to the new DDR5 memory to make it the standard for all systems and devices.

IT Home reports that DDR3 vendors are following the same trend.”fulfill orders“. Given market price developments for consumer DRAM, analysts expect prices to drop in the coming months.

Prices for 4GB DDR4 memory are down 8% from last month, which is not very relevant but is a sign of a trend. Analysts expect consumer DRAM prices to fall 15% by the end of the current quarter.

It has also been reported that Samsung and SK Hynix have increased production of DDR5 memory during both companies’ attempts to reduce their DDR3 memory inventories.

At the moment, the concern is that DRAM growth will be limited throughout the market with the current strategy and situation of crisis and global inflation.

This aggressive pricing strategy isn’t new, and it’s not the first time Samsung has bet on price changes in the industry.. As of June 2015, the company has downgraded its DDR4 modules to increase its market share.

The market effect was that several module vendors suffered losses as hardware manufacturers began buying chips directly from Samsung, removing vendors from the equation.

Despite this, Samsung’s price cuts for its memory modules, at the time DDR3, did result in faster adoption. available new memory and was considered more profitable for the company.