DRAM pricing is killing the hobbyist SBC market (jeffgeerling.com)

Jeff Geerling argues that sustained high DRAM (especially LPDDR) prices are pushing hobbyist single-board computer (SBC) options out of reach, citing Raspberry Pi’s recent memory-related price increases for 4GB+ models. He says DRAM now makes up much of the board cost, reducing new product releases and steering hobbyists toward older SBCs or microcontrollers, with smaller vendors at greater risk.