Andy TsengApr 20
Not going to get any better soon, it seems... #RAMShortage #TechNews #AI

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:7exlcsle4mjfhu3wnhcgizz6/post/3mjsdylubre2n
N-gated Hacker NewsApr 19
😱 Oh no, the sky is falling! The RAM shortage might last years! Quick, everyone panic-buy overpriced memory sticks and hoard them like it's the apocalypse! 🤦‍♂️ Because, obviously, mass hysteria is the best solution to market fluctuations. 💡
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/914672/the-ram-shortage-could-last-years #RAMShortage #PanicBuy #MemoryHoarding #MarketFluctuations #TechNews #HackerNews #ngated
The RAM shortage could last years

Memory makers are only expected to meet 60 percent of demand by the end of 2027.

The Verge
Hacker NewsApr 19

The RAM shortage could last years

https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/914672/the-ram-shortage-could-last-years

#HackerNews #RAMshortage #technews #supplychain #semiconductor #crisis #AInews

The RAM shortage could last years

Memory makers are only expected to meet 60 percent of demand by the end of 2027.

The Verge
ÖlbaumApr 12
I have two of these to sell to an IC fab. That’ll be €1M each. #ChipShortage #RAMShortage #SSDShortage #HDDShortage #Retribution #FuckAI #FuckCapitalism
Taran RampersadApr 10

I really hope people don't buy new hardware for a while after that price slam.

They have been gaming the prices because of AI data centers, and everyone else has been paying for it.

They had projections for normal demand. They screwed everyone over by not protecting consumer prices.

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/ddr4-spot-prices-fall-for-first-time-in-nearly-a-year-as-chinese-channel-inventory-clears

#ramshortage

After jumping 2,200% over the last twelve months, DDR4 spot prices fall 5%, the first decline in nearly a year — DDR5 pricing sees some relief in China channel market

Data shows DDR4 16Gb spot prices easing roughly 5%.

Tom's Hardware
The Subliminal PressApr 7

The AI 8 all our Memory Chips!
***Global Memory and Storage Shortage***
"The rapid expansion of artificial-intelligence infrastructure is triggering a global memory chip shortage."
https://restofworld.org/2026/ai-memory-chip-explainer/ #Ate #Eaten

Did you recently rediscover how slow electro-mechanical HDDs are?

Do you now wait eons to compile?

Do you carry around some of the few remaining solid states worth their weight in precious gold?

#MemoryCrisis #RAMshortage
#RAMpocalypse #DISCpocalypse
#LogicalVolume
#AI #DataCenters | #PC #Desktop #Workstation
#QubesOS (4.3 latest) #x230 vs. new generation of hardware #Tuxedo / #NovaCustom (#3mdeb) etc. @whonix

Recommendations:
* Kicksecure (RO) for default-mgmt-dvm & clockvm to protect salt functions like update > timedatectl show > qubes-prefs
* Development of highly isolated templates with tor transport an onion by default
* purge ALL lxqt! (xTerm works)
* If your wallpaper has someone else's name on it, then
certain somebodies shouldn't have gotten to Dom in the first place
(working theory - Akashic record parasites escape vms to sop up all the SCIF-fs) #WallpaperHulud

AI is dominating the world’s memory chips. That could make phones more expensive

As chipmakers rush to serve AI data centers, consumer electronics are left in short supply.

Rest of World
Damian YerrickApr 7

Sumit Khanna reports that the cost per gigabyte of memory for desktop computers has had no net improvement since 2009. The present RAM shortage has erased a decade and a half of gains. How do we get application developers to use more efficient frameworks?
https://battlepenguin.com/tech/the-high-price-of-ram/

#dram #RAMShortage

When was the last time RAM was this expensive?

Memory has become insanely expensive over just the past few months. Micron cut production of Crucial, their consumer brand of memory, to focus on dat...

Tom's Hardware ItaliaApr 2

🚨 La carenza di RAM colpisce più duramente di quanto temuto. Aggiorna il tuo dispositivo, prima che sia troppo tardi! #RAMshortage #TechUrgency

🔗 https://www.tomshw.it/hardware/shortage-ram-e-peggio-del-peggio-del-previsto

Shortage RAM: è peggio, molto peggio, del previsto

Analizziamo le dinamiche profonde che hanno innescato la crisi delle RAM, per capire perché colpirà le tasche e le abitudini di ogni singolo utente.

Tom's Hardware
Brad LinderApr 1

Raspberry Pi’s RAMageddon response includes a 3GB Raspberry Pi 4 ($84) and by raising the 16GB Raspberry Pi 5 price to $305

Part of what makes Raspberry Pi’s tiny computers special is that they’re cheap, making them widely accessible to students, educators, hobbyists, and businesses alike. But the global RAM shortage has hit PC makers hard, causing many to raise prices. And that’s especially noticeable from a company that got its start by selling $35 computers.

Raspberry Pi has increased prices for some models […]

#ram #ramShortage #ramageddon #raspberryPi #raspberryPi4 #sbc Read more: https://liliputing.com/raspberry-pis-ramageddon-response-includes-a-3gb-raspberry-pi-4-84-and-by-raising-the-16gb-raspberry-pi-5-price-to-305/
Brad LinderMar 30
Sony Japan suspends orders for SD cards and CFexpress cards in response to the global memory & storage shortage. The company says it's "monitoring the supply situation" to see when it might be able to resume selling memory cards. #RAMShortage #Sony #SDCard #CFexpress https://petapixel.com/2026/03/27/sony-shuts-down-nearly-its-entire-memory-card-business-due-to-ssd-shortage/
Sony Shuts Down Nearly Its Entire Memory Card Business Due to Flash Shortage

Sony has announced that it is suspending fulfillment of all orders for nearly its entire SD and CFexpress memory card product lines.

PetaPixel