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Is AI causing a RAM shortage?

The price of RAM modules, an essential component of every computer and smartphone, has risen exponentially in recent months. Why? Not because of a sudden shortage of raw materials, but because of the ...
Futurism

AI Data Centers Are Making RAM Crushingly Expensive, Which Is Going to Skyrocket the Cost of Laptops, Tablets, and Gaming PCs

Budget-wise, there have certainly been better times to be a PC gamer in search of higher framerates. For the past few months, RAM prices have been shooting through the roof, as the rapid buildout of ...
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Why is there a RAM shortage? AI demand and the mad scramble for memory chips could hit where it hurts

The stock prices of RAM and NAND manufacturers surged yesterday, with Micron Technology (Nasdaq: MU) up 10%, Sandisk Corporation (Nasdaq: SNDK) up 27%, Western Digital Corporation (Nasdaq: WDC) up 16% ...
WZZM

AI boom drives RAM prices to skyrocket, potentially impacting tech consumers globally

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The rapid growth of Artificial Intelligence (AI), and the data centers needed to power it, are creating a supply crisis for computer memory chips, known as "RAM". Some fear that ...
Game Rant

Micron RAM is Ditching Consumers in Favor of AI

James Ratcliff joined GameRant in 2022 as a Gaming News Writer. In 2023, James was offered a chance to become an occasional feature writer for different games and then a Senior Author in 2025. He is a ...
Ars Technica

The RAM shortage’s silver lining: Less talk about “AI PCs”

RAM prices have soared, which is bad news for people interested in buying, building, or upgrading a computer this year, but it’s likely good news for people exasperated by talk of so-called AI PCs. In ...
VideoGamer

Increasing RAM costs and a push for generative AI might be killing AAA video games

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