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Framework says DDR5 memory costs 'remain fairly stable' but 'on SSDs, the pricing story is unfortunately not as positive' as it raises prices again

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Modular laptop company Framework has some good news and some bad news. The good news is that memory costs from suppliers have reportedly remained steady over the past few months. The bad news is that it's all outta storage and has to buy new stuff at inflated prices. "We’ve seen memory costs on DDR5 suppliers remain fairly stable over the last few months," Framework says in a regular blog post on the memory crisis . "We consumed the inventory of 8GB that we had brought in earlier at lower cost, and have had to adjust the pricing upwards to reflect the costs of newly sourced modules. "As we have been through this memory crunch, we are only adjusting the pricing as much as is needed to cover increases in cost. For the other memory capacities, we’ve been able to hold the prices the same as last month." Unfortunately, this has been countered by an increase in storage costs. The company says it has now nearly fully consumed its older inventory for most capacities and is in the process of buying new stock.…

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