Brace for Impact: RAM Prices Set to Double as TrendForce Forecasts Record-Breaking Surge.

Skyrocketing Hardware Costs: DRAM Prices Projected to Surge 95% in Q1 2026

Market intelligence firm TrendForce has issued a staggering revision to its semiconductor price forecasts. According to their latest report, the tech industry is bracing for a massive price hike in the first quarter of 2026, with DRAM prices expected to soar by 90–95%, while NAND Flash (used in SSDs) is projected to climb by 55–60%.

The Perfect Storm: High Demand & Supply Constraints

The primary drivers behind this unprecedented price surge include:

The new NVMe SSD drivers in Windows 11 enable 85% faster loading times.

 

Following Microsoft's release of new drivers specifically designed for NVMe SSDs, a significant improvement in storage performance on Windows Server 2025 has been observed. While this feature is primarily designed for enterprise use, it can also be implemented on Windows 11, albeit with minor registry modifications. The results are quite impressive.

A user, Mouse&Keyboard, tested Windows 11 25H2 with a 2TB SK hynix Platinum P41 SSD using AS SSD Benchmark. The overall score increased from 10,032 to 11,344, or approximately 13%. Specifically, random write performance in 4K and 4K-64Thrd tasks improved by 16% and 22%, respectively.

Viking Technology Launches SSD capacity is 50TB in size from 3.5-inch drives.

Viking Technology launches drive SSD model UHC-Silo capacity 3.5-inch drive size in the 50TB file is connected to the motherboard with the SAS 6Gb suitable for data centers that may have restrictions on the installation drive.

Specification may not stand out side for speed because the read and write rates are 500/350 MB/s read/write rate of random IOPS, chip used 10K 60K/model MLC 16 Watt.