DRAM pricing is killing the hobbyist SBC market, striking a nerve with 220 points and 152 comments as makers are priced out by memory manufacturers chasing high-margin data center chips. DRAM costs have surged 40% year-over-year, making a typical 4GB SBC board $15 more expensive than last year—a 30% price hike that outpaces the average component inflation. This trend is 2x worse than the price jump in SSDs, and cheaper than the typical hobbyist drone or 3D printer upgrade. Without relief, the SBC market may lose another 15% of its community buyers by 2027.

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