📝 TL;DR Framework just raised its RAM and storage prices again and openly says more increases are likely in early 2026.The culprit is a global DRAM and NAND crunch driven by AI data centers, which is now spilling over into everyday laptops and desktops. 🧠 Overview Framework published a detailed update explaining why memory for its laptops and desktop just got significantly more expensive, and why it may have to raise prices again soon. Behind the scenes, contract prices for DDR5 chips have exploded, with some indices showing 200 to 300 percent jumps since late summer, as manufacturers prioritize ultra profitable AI server memory over consumer parts. This is one of the first times a PC maker has pulled back the curtain and said the quiet part out loud, memory is now a strategic bottleneck for the whole computing ecosystem. 📜 The Announcement In mid December 2025, Framework increased the price of DDR5 memory on its DIY laptop configurations by around 50 percent, then updated the same post on December 17 and 24 to add further hikes and include SSDs. The company says it now prices RAM based on the weighted average cost it actually pays suppliers, landing at roughly 10 dollars per gigabyte for 8, 16, and 32 gigabyte modules and even higher for 48 gigabyte sticks. That is still below what it sees on the open market and far below the per gigabyte markup some big brands charge, but Framework is blunt that supplier quotes keep rising and another increase within a month is very likely. It also warns that storage pricing is now climbing in the same way and promises to keep adjusting both up and down as its own costs move. ⚙️ How It Works • Weighted average pricing - Framework is constantly buying memory in small batches at different, often higher, prices, so it sets its RAM prices based on the weighted average cost of its current inventory rather than a flat margin. • Clear per gigabyte math - The company has aligned its memory configurations at around 10 dollars per gigabyte for common sizes, with a premium on 48 gigabyte modules, so buyers can easily compare against third party memory kits.

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It’s been a while since I’ve posted here. Aside from the holidays, I have spent the last 30 days in full business recovery mode following a disastrous workspace migration in ChatGPT on November 30th. I didn’t want to come back until I had something positive to report. Over the summer, before joining the AI Advantage I launched my startup using a ChatGPT Plus account tied to my personal email. As a (now) professional founder, I eventually realized it was necessary to separate my personal data from my business for IP protection, liability, and future HIPAA compliance with the app I’m building. When I started my ChatGPT account I hadn’t even thought about starting a company yet. Everything was mixed up. All my personal topics and my business building topics were in one account. Which is not a good thing. I knew enough to upgrade to a ChatGPT plus account when I started iterating business ideas, because I did not want them being trained on any of open AI models. I did everything by the book. I followed the documentation and even used ChatGPT to build a migration checklist. What happened next took my business out at the knees. ChatGPT wiped out every last bit of my data. Their support was nonexistent—no apology, no refund, and no path to recovery. $632.00 spent for a two year Business Workspace and nothing to show for it, everything gone. While my "founder discipline" meant I had backed up my core IP and design docs locally, I lost months of context and chat logs that served as the backbone of my cognitive scaffolding system. It was a disaster of epic proportions. I’ll admit it: I cried. Sobbed actually. I’m normally not a crier, but I had worked so damn hard for several months building something that I know is going to help people. I refused to let it be the end. I have spent December reconstituting my operations from the ground up, but I didn't go back to what broke. After learning that this has happened to dozens, if not hundreds of other founders and businesses, I migrated my entire company to Google Business Workspace (Enterprise Standard) and Gemini. The difference in professional stability and support has been night and day. Because of this move, I’ve recovered enough momentum to stay on track for our first product launch this January.