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 ...
Cybernews

The RAM-ifications of AI: how AI is making your computers and phones more expensive

The RAM shortage has caused prices to surge, increasing by 150% throughout the last year. In this article, I explain how this ...

The memory shortage is driving up prices for SSDs, GPUs, and hard drives – even phone makers are cutting projections

With the DRAM shortage already making memory upgrades prohibitively expensive, high-end SSD prices have also spiked in recent weeks. This surge is being driven by the ...

How Much RAM Do Gamers Need? 8GB vs. 16GB vs. 32GB vs. 64GB

As modern games push memory harder, choosing the right amount of RAM matters more than ever. With DRAM pricing in flux, we revisit the big question: ...

The Daring Attempt to End the Memory Shortage Crisis

The supply shortage of the RAM needed to build phones and PCs isn’t going away. But a few companies have a plan to solve it.
PC Gamer

Framework calls out Dell and Apple for using the RAMpocalypse to 'gouge customers' on memory upgrade prices but the reality is more complicated

Dell's memory pricing is more confusing than consistently offensive. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Add us as a preferred source ...
PC Gamer

Framework delists standalone memory to 'head off scalpers' and Cyberpower announces system price hikes as the memory supply crisis deepens

Framework, best known for its modular, moddable laptops, has announced the delisting of standalone memory modules from its marketplace. Meanwhile, one of the most prominent brands in performance PCs, ...

How AI boom is exhausting memory supply, sending RAM prices soaring

Explosive demand from Nvidia and other AI chipmakers has soaked up global memory supply, pushing DRAM and HBM prices to ...