Micron’s DRAM Revenue Shot Up 343% Compared to Last Year, Courtesy of RAM Shortage
It’s hardly a secret that RAM prices are obscene right now; it’s become one of the most expensive components of any PC build, and device manufacturers are so desperate that they’re reverting to marketing old PC components and laptops with just 8GB of RAM. That price pressure has spilled over into pretty much every gadget that requires RAM. That has translated to an incredible windfall for Micron, which just announced it made $54.2 billion in revenue in its latest quarter.
- ▪It’s hardly a secret that RAM prices are obscene right now; it’s become one of the most expensive components of any PC build, and device manufacturers are so desperate that they’re reverting to marketing old PC components and laptops with j
- ▪That price pressure has spilled over into pretty much every gadget that requires RAM.
- ▪That has translated to an incredible windfall for Micron, which just announced it made $54.2 billion in revenue in its latest quarter.
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It’s hardly a secret that RAM prices are obscene right now; it’s become one of the most expensive components of any PC build, and device manufacturers are so desperate that they’re reverting to marketing old PC components and laptops with just 8GB of RAM. That price pressure has spilled over into pretty much every gadget that requires RAM. That has translated to an incredible windfall for Micron, which just announced it made $54.2 billion in revenue in its latest quarter. That’s over $3 billion more than LSEG-polled analyst expectations, which CNBC reported stood at $51.07 billion. Its earnings from DRAM, its main product, more than tripled. From Micron’s release: Fiscal Q4 DRAM revenue was a record $39.8 billion, up 343% year over year, and represented 73% of total revenue.
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