Global Server Market – Trends in 4Q25 and Outlook for 2026
TrendForce shows AI-driven DRAM demand surge, creating supply tension. Samsung, SK hynix, and Micron plan to expand DRAM production through 2026.
Quarterly Server DRAM latest market revenue/output update
3Q25 DRAM market achieved strong price and volume growth, fueled by cloud demand and HBM. Low inventories forecast significant price acceleration in 4Q25, boosting manufacturers' profitability.
DRAM contract prices rise, vendors hoard. PC manufacturers face supply constraints. Spot market shrinks, module prices expected to increase. Inventory levels decline, especially for Chinese CSPs, enterprise server OEMs, and smartphone brands. Mobile DRAM prices will rise sharply.
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Memory is entering a strong upward cycle, driving a significant rise in overall device BOM cost. To maintain profit margins, brands are adjusting their high-, mid-, and low-tier product mixes and implementing tiered hikes on retail prices. Soaring memory prices, coupled with a weak macro economy, create dual headwinds that will suppress production and shipment momentum for consumer electronics in 2026.
This report notes AI investment drives cloud and server demand as CSPs and OEMs expand capex and deployment, with in-house chips advancing.
CXMT, through expansions and yield improvement, has once again taken the crown for YoY growth of output bit for 2026. The supplier’s major product, mobile DRAM, highly corresponds to DRAM products required by China, the largest production base of smartphones in the world. China’s subsidy policy, as well as the shortage of LPDDR4X generated by production shift among South Korean and US suppliers, have facilitated a swift expansion of CXMT’s market share.