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 ...

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 ...

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

With RAM pricing stability possibly not arriving until 2027, per Ubrani, it may be a while until RAM is readily available ...
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Data centers will consume 70 percent of memory chips made in 2026 - supply shortfall will cause the chip shortage to spread to other segments

The shortages are driven by explosive AI demand, and the latest report says that up to 70 percent of the memory produced worldwide in 2026 will be consumed by data centers. However, those specific ...

Digital Storage And Memory Projections For 2026, Part 2

AI is driving demand and higher prices for DRAM and NAND into 2026.  Products using non-volatile memories to replace NOR and SRAM in embedded applications are growing.

Are Data Storage Stocks in a Bubble or Should You Get in Now?

Micron Technology ( MU +7.76%) provides memory and storage solutions -- specifically, the high-performance memory (dynamic random access memory, or DRAM) and storage devices (NAND) used in data ...

Smartphones may cost more soon because memory is now one of the most expensive parts to put inside a device

Memory chip prices are rising rapidly due to growing AI and server demand. Suppliers are shifting production to high-profit ...

AI drives memory boom, but chipmakers refuse to rush: WSJ

AI is straining DRAM, NAND and storage supply, boosting prices and profits as makers stay disciplined on new capacity.

Why memory prices are rising in 2026 and why it affects every device you buy

If you’ve noticed that your next smartphone, laptop, or PC upgrade suddenly costs noticeably more than it did a year ago, you ...
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Memristors and non-volatile memory devices

In the era of big data and machine learning technology, performing low-power in-memory computing operations is becoming an increasingly important requisite. While much advance has been achieved in ...

What Happens When PC Memory Prices Are Too Much to Handle?

The largest PC makers don’t imagine the personal computer will stay the same. The next PC you buy may either be more powerful ...
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Do you know your Memory Devices?

The storage element in NAND flash memory is the floating gate MOSFET transistor. These devices are similar to a standard MOSFET device, other than there is an addition isolated gate. When a NAND flash ...