Elon Musk calls out memory makers over 'extortionate' chip pricing, says Micron is playing smart for long-term loyalty
- ID
- 35811
- Status
- summarized
- Published
- 15 Oct 2026, 7:00 PM
- Fetched
- 15 Oct 2026, 9:22 PM
- Provider
- Tom's Hardware
- Category
- technology
- Original URL
- https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/dram/elon-musk-accuses-samsung-sk-hynix-of-unreasonable-memory-pricing
- Source URL
- https://www.tomshardware.com/feeds/all
Summary
- Score
- 4.5
- Created
- 15 Oct 2026, 9:23 PM
- Tags
- Audience
- developerssaas_startup_foundersai_ml_learners
What happened
Tom's Hardware reports that Elon Musk publicly accused memory makers — with Samsung and SK Hynix named in the URL and Micron singled out in the headline — of 'extortionate' or unreasonable memory chip pricing, while saying Micron is 'playing smart' for long-term loyalty. The same headline notes Micron is pulling in 90% margins on consumer RAM. The extracted article text is almost entirely paywall, newsletter and membership boilerplate, so it contains no quotes, dates, price figures or technical details beyond those headline claims.
Why it matters
The only hard number in this text is the 90% margin figure on consumer RAM, plus the claim that Samsung, SK Hynix and Micron pricing is being called unreasonable. That is a signal to re-check your RAM and cloud/GPU instance cost assumptions before locking in hardware purchases or reserved-capacity commitments — but treat it as an unverified headline claim, not a measured price move, since the text gives no per-GB prices, contract terms or dates.
Discussion angle
Ask the room whether anyone has actually seen RAM or GPU-instance pricing shift in their own bills or quotes recently — and separate firsthand cost evidence from executive commentary, since this item supplies only the latter.