AI data center demand is causing a strain on memory supply, leading to higher prices, analysts say Budget smartphones could see the biggest price hikes, iPhones less so Many PC makers are expecting 15 ...

Retroid has ended the Pocket 6’s Early Bird pricing early, citing soaring RAM costs and a global memory shortage. Existing pre-orders are unaffected, with shipping still planned for early January and ...

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Framework is a unique company, offering modular laptops designed for easy repairs and near-infinite upgrades. But it’s also a small company, much more susceptible to market changes brought on by ...

TL;DR: Framework is increasing DDR5 RAM upgrade prices by 50% due to rising supplier and distributor costs amid a volatile memory market. Despite this, their pricing remains below market rates.

Price hikes related to the memory shortage aren’t just coming for PC gamers; smartphones, laptops, and storage drives could soon get increases, too. is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, ...

If you've ever bought a new car before, you know that the price you see in the newspaper or on a dealer website is often not the amount you'll end up paying to drive off the lot. Added fees, mandatory ...

Random access memory, or RAM, is in just about every piece of technology we use. But it’s also the technology that AI companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and Meta are using to power the servers ...

ASRock is launching a new motherboard that has a total of six DIMM slots (where you install your RAM). Up from the usual four slots found on most mobos, this might seem a little pointless right now.

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Ripple effect: What would you rather buy: 64GB of DDR5 or a PlayStation 5 console? Because right now, the memory kit costs more. As the memory crisis keeps worsening, DRAM prices are skyrocketing.

Generative “AI” data centers are gobbling up trillions of dollars in capital, not to mention heating up the planet like a microwave. As a result there’s a capacity crunch on memory production, ...