Industry insiders say Samsung has confirmed a DRAM price increase of 'over 100%' for its customers, so brace yourself for the next phase of the dreaded RAMpocalypse

Well, I did say things were likely to get worse before they got better. According to South Korean outlet Etnews, Samsung Electronics has confirmed a DRAM price increase of "over 100%" for its customers in the first quarter of this year.

That's up from a 70% increase in January, which seems pretty indicative of how much worse the RAMpocalypse is going to get before it gets better.

Samsung is one of the big three DRAM manufacturers, taking second place to SK Hynix—which has itself reportedly...