AMD GPUs and CPUs could be the next victims of the RAM crisis, as industry chatter insists more price hikes are coming

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Fri, 18 Sep 2026 18:00:00 +0000

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AMD plans 10% price hikes across its 'entire chip line' in Q4 going by latest RAM crisis rumor.

FULL STORY ======================================================================Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Threads Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter AMD is rumored to be hiking prices for its chips Industry insiders in the supply chain indicate that a rise of around 10% will be applied across AMD's "entire chip line" This means GPUs and processors, as well as motherboards, and the hike is expected in Q4, so it could happen next month AMD 's processors and graphics cards could soon get more expensive in the latest blow from the RAM crisis rumor mill.

Wccftech spotted that leaker Harukaze5719 highlighted a post from
ChannelGate (the Board Channels over in Asia) that cites sources in the
supply chain who claim that TSMC has informed its customers of a 10% price rise. The post observes that most of AMD's chips are manufactured by TSMC,
and that Team Red has in turn notified its customers of a 10% "price adjustment" across its "entire chip product line". Latest Videos From TechRadar Watch full video here:

That means everything, so on the consumer front, we can expect AMD's GPUs and Ryzen processors to be hit with price increases and motherboard chipsets are also affected, so the price of those AMD boards will climb, too.

It's worth noting that processors aren't referred to explicitly in the post
on the Board Channels, but given the mention of the entirety of AMD's chips,
I think we can take that as real (as the leaker Harukaze5719 indicates). You may like AMD Radeon GPU prices might be going up amid the RAM crisis Pricier CPUs could be coming, and RAM pricing is already getting worse Budget GPUs could get pricier and gaming monitors might be hiked too

The sources believe that AMD will enforce this new policy in Q4, so it could happen next month, in theory (although all of this remains a rumor).

In other RAM crisis bleakness, the Steam Frame arrived earlier this week with a much-inflated price tag compared to what Valve first envisioned for the VR headset. It starts at $1,059 / 889 / AU$1,609, which is a few hundred more dollars than what Valve was thinking originally. Get daily insight, inspiration and deals in your inbox Sign up for breaking news, reviews, opinion, top tech deals, and more. Contact me with news and offers from other Future brands Receive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors By submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over.

As PC Gamer reports , a hardware engineer at Valve, Joy Lyons, said, "We set out to design [the Steam Frame] with one particular price in mind, but we've made choices to make sure that we're making a product that is choiceful, that people can purchase. They can upgrade with different features later. But we wanted to make sure we had a base product with really great performance. Then that price target shifted due to the ongoing RAM crisis around the world." Analysis: a believable enough prediction (Image credit: Future / John Loeffler) Sadly, the AMD rumor is another worrying doom nugget from what
seems to be a never-ending supply of bad news in the past couple of months. Just this week, we've had a report that shows DDR5 RAM is somehow getting
even more expensive , blowing past the levels I'd expected not to mention
the laptop price hikes.

The RAM crisis was forecast to worsen as 2026 rolled on, and that appears to be unfolding just as predicted and there's very possibly worse to come in 2027, going by rumors elsewhere. If the pundits, analysts and insiders were right about this year, there's a fair chance they'll be right about next
year, too.

Okay, so that's not a foregone conclusion, and some kind of more positive developments could yet happen we can hope. This particular rumor must also
be treated with some caution, as a Board Channels post may not have
everything right (by any means), but the problem is that given the current climate, it's believable enough that AMD has price hikes in the works. Team Red already warned us earlier this year about pricing pain for the second
half of 2026 , after all. Follow TechRadar on Google News and add us as a preferred source to get our expert news, reviews, and opinion in your feeds. The best laptops for all budgets Our top picks, based on real-world testing and comparisons

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