Framework Reports More Memory Cost Increases, Some Good News For Framework 16
Framework Computer on Monday issued their latest update concerning the ongoing price increases for memory and solid state drives affecting the industry. There has been some more price increases, signs of some temporary reprieve, and then a bit of good news on pricing for select Framework hardware.
Framework Computer provided their latest monthly update on memory pricing amid the squeeze affecting the industry. They note that some costs have stabilized in recent weeks but it's likely only to be a temporary reprieve with an expectation of continued volatility and cost increases throughout the calendar year.
For those planning to order a Framework system with high capacity SSDs, they recommend doing so soon as prices will continue going up there when they deplete their current inventory. For the AMD Ryzen AI Max "Strix Halo" powered Framework Desktop, they had to increase prices on their 128GB Framework Desktop model.
They also warn of the industry challenges affecting their memory card production and pricing:
Some positive news is that for the Framework Laptop 16 they were able to lock in some lower CPU pricing to bring the overall laptop pricing back down to their original levels for some configurations.
More details for those interested via the Framework Blog.
Framework Computer provided their latest monthly update on memory pricing amid the squeeze affecting the industry. They note that some costs have stabilized in recent weeks but it's likely only to be a temporary reprieve with an expectation of continued volatility and cost increases throughout the calendar year.
For those planning to order a Framework system with high capacity SSDs, they recommend doing so soon as prices will continue going up there when they deplete their current inventory. For the AMD Ryzen AI Max "Strix Halo" powered Framework Desktop, they had to increase prices on their 128GB Framework Desktop model.
They also warn of the industry challenges affecting their memory card production and pricing:
"Both DRAM (memory) and NAND (the raw flash that goes into SSDs) are facing a massive supply/demand imbalance, which ends up impacting costs and prices in more places than you would expect, since most modern electronics items contain at least some of one or the other. Our Storage Expansion Cards use the same types of NAND flash that go into NVMe SSD’s, which means the shortages there also hit our costs and overall ability to build these cards. For now, we’ve been able to stay in production, but we needed to increase our price on the 250GB version this month. Based on the guidance we’re getting from our supplier, it’s likely that we’ll need to substantially increase the prices on both 250GB and 1TB Storage Expansion Cards later this year."
Some positive news is that for the Framework Laptop 16 they were able to lock in some lower CPU pricing to bring the overall laptop pricing back down to their original levels for some configurations.
More details for those interested via the Framework Blog.