US EditionRAM prices are exploding — here's why and everything you need to know about surviving RAMageddon
A DRAM chip oligopoly controls 95% of production, with AI data centers like Oracle and AWS driving a steep consumer RAM price rise exceeding 240%, analysts say.
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Engadget Podcast: WTF is up with RAM? (With Will Smith from The Tech Pod)
RAM prices have gone wild, mostly thanks to AI. In this episode, Devindra chats with Will Smith (Brad and Will Made a Tech Pod) about the state of the RAM industry, as well as other hardware we expect to get more expensive. (SSD prices are definitely creeping up too!). Also, we discuss Meta poaching Alan Dye, one of Apple's design executives, and what this could mean for Meta's upcoming devices. And yes, whatever they have next will likely revol…
Oh good, computer chips are set to explode in price again
If you’ve bought a computer in the past few years, you may have noticed that RAM chips are much more expensive. Unfortunately, this situation looks set to worsen: Micron, a major manufacturer of RAM chips, says it is exiting the consumer memory business and focusing on chips used in data centers (AI) https://t.co/2Q1sZxOM0w This comes amid a global memory supply shortage that has seen RAM prices quadruple in price pic.twitter.com/RmaOHg7RT4 — S…
You have no doubt heard of the recent massive increase in RAM prices. Memory for devices such as desktops, laptops, graphics cards and smartphones (DDR, GDDR and LPDDR storage) has skyrocketed in recent weeks. Prices are 50 to 100 percent higher than in the summer, with some high-quality 64-GB DDR5 kits at Amazon cost over 800 euros! The problem, as so often, is due to AI. The massive rush to build additional AI data centers at any price has alr…
RAM prices are out of control. Should Apple users be worried?
Macworld You have undoubtedly heard about the recent massive spike in RAM prices. RAM for consumer devices like desktops, laptops, graphics cards, and smartphones (DDR, GDDR, and LPDDR memory) has skyrocketed in recent weeks. Prices are 50-100 percent higher than they were back in the summer, with some premium 32GB DDR5 kits going for as much as $400 at Amazon! The problem, as it so often is, traces back to AI. The massive rush to build more AI…
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