If TurboQuant cuts memory demand to one sixth at scale, it could crush pricing power across the entire memory industry and trigger a multi cycle repricing of chip valuations. BestBuy just dumped prices on its Kingston DDR5 to keep up with MicroCenter.

BREAKING: DDR5 memory prices crash up to 30% after Google unveiled TurboQuant. Google TurboQuant cuts AI memory usage to 1/6, raising concerns about memory demand. Memory prices are up 106% since 2024 lows, but are now falling. 32GB DDR5 on Amazon fell from about $490 to $379.99, while 16GB DDR5 fell from about $260 to …

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DDR5 prices dropped for the first time in months

DDR5 Memory Prices Have Seen a Significant Drop, Up To $100 Per Kit, But the Discounts Are Limited to a Few Vendors The memory industry is experiencing a ‘rollercoaster ride’ lately, following the unveiling of Google’s TurboQuant compression algorithm, which we’ll discuss in a bit. One of the more intriguing signs right now is that …

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