“Memory prices have gone completely parabolic, with DDR5 tracking a 5x jump in a single year as AI servers gobble up every chip available.”
“memory pricing, across both DRAM and NAND pricing, went from rising aggressively for several quarters, to going completely parabolic, with LPDDR5 and DDR5 contract prices tracking toward ~4x and ~5x year-on-year increases respectively in 1Q26 based on our Memory Model .”
Prices are point-in-time snapshots from the named provider. The verdict compares the return since entry against the band above.