TrendForce forecasts PC DRAM prices to rise 13–18% in 4Q26 as notebook sales sagged in 3Q26

AI-driven supply tightness keeps memory costs climbing, but swelling PC inventories are starting to take some heat out of the increases PC memory is still getting more expensive. It is just getting more expensive a little more slowly. TrendForce, in a research update dated November 11, 2026, projects PC DRAM contract prices will climb 13% to 18% quarter-over-quarter in 4Q26. That is down from the 18% to 23% jump the firm tracked for 3Q26. The research firm attributes the ongoing price increases to persistent supply tightness. Memory makers are steering production toward advanced DRAM nodes. Those nodes mostly serve server customers and high-bandwidth memory, or HBM, the specialized stacked chips that feed AI accelerators. That would normally mean runaway price hikes for PC buyers.

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