As AI Eats Up The World’s Chips, Memory Prices Take The Hit

At CES 2026, sleek new laptops dazzled—but soaring memory costs driven by AI chip demand threaten to make everyday PCs ...

RAM shortage chaos expands to GPUs, high-capacity SSDs, and even hard drives

Big Tech’s AI-fueled memory shortage is set to be the PC industry’s defining story for 2026 and beyond. Standalone, direct-to ...

Here's why RAM prices are skyrocketing and SSDs and GPUs could soon follow suit

The answer: AI of course.
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Why the price of RAM is skyrocketing

PC maker Framework announced Monday its higher-memory desktops would see significant price hikes thanks to memory supply ...

High RAM prices mean record-setting profits for Samsung and other memory makers

Micron—which recently decided to exit the consumer RAM and storage markets but is still selling its products to other ...

Why is there a RAM shortage? AI demand and the mad scramble for memory chips could hit where it hurts

There’s only so much RAM to go around, and with data centers seen as the priority, smartphone and laptop makers may have to raise prices to compete. The stock prices of RAM and NAND manufacturers ...

After RAM, storage could be next to break your budget

Reports suggest NAND production cuts by Samsung and SK Hynix could lead to higher SSD prices as storage supply tightens.

4 laptop features I expect to decline as RAM and SSD costs ruin margins

At this point, it should be no surprise that RAM and SSD costs only go up, and fast. What will this crisis look like in the ...

AMD has new chips, but RAM prices are the real boss fight

AMD’s 2026 PC strategy focuses on incremental CPU updates, price-to-performance GPUs, and cautious AI upscaling.

'Revenue per gigabyte': Nvidia's possible plan revealed as chipmaker set to reduce percentage of mid-tier RTX 50-series GPUs thanks to RAM crisis

Gigabyte CEO talks about Nvidia's GPU plan in light of the ongoing memory shortage, stating that it will "calculate how much ...