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. #Tuxedo / #NovaCustom (#3mdeb) @whonix

Recommendations:
* Kicksecure (RO) for default-mgmt-dvm to protect salt functions like update
* Development of highly isolated templates with tor transport an onion by default
* purge ALL lxqt! (xTerminal 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

💸 Ubuntu Linux raises minimum system memory requirements by 50% — requirements bumped to 6GB of RAM, previously raised from 1GB to 4GB in 2018

https://www.tomshardware.com/software/operating-systems/ubunto-linux-raises-minimum-system-requirements-to-6gb-of-ram-it-was-previously-raised-from-1gb-to-4gb-in-2018

#RAMpocalypse #gnome #ubuntu #linux #opensource

Ubuntu Linux raises minimum system memory requirements by 50% — requirements bumped to 6GB of RAM, previously raised from 1GB to 4GB in 2018

Not the best timing due to the RAMpocalypse, but there are leaner distros like Lubuntu available if you need them.

Tom's Hardware

@forbes @innovation-forbes RAMageddon/RAMpocalype was their choice.

The consequences are theirs to suffer.

Embark on the LLM bullshit at your own risk and reckoning, bitchezzz.

#LLM #RAMageddon #RAMpocalypse

Just realized that the #RAMpocalypse is actually the biggest ladder pull in the history of computing. #OpenAI #tech #ai #WhereHaveAllTheGPUsGone

https://canyonr.com/2026/03/23/openais-ladder-pull.html

Canyon R - OpenAI's Ladder Pull

I think I shared this in the past, but still quite a fun project to follow.
Recent builds seem to liquid cool the BC-250 #Bazzite board.
https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/i-just-created-the-bazzite-box-low-cost-steam-machine/11182
#DIY #3dprinting #rampocalypse #linuxgaming #ps5
I just created the Bazzite Box (Low Cost Steam Machine)

If anyone feels like doing a project over the festive break, I created a low cost gaming console based on the PS5 APU: Some New Photos: Customary Banana Shot For Sizing: PS5 Comparison Photos:

Universal Blue

Die #rampocalypse hält jetzt auch bei #netcup Einzug und es gibt Preiserhöhungen.

Uns trifft es mit 18,5% was dann 10,48€ sind. Da war meine Prognose deutlich apokalyptischer gerechnet 😂

Aufs Jahr gerechnet wären das 125,76 EUR mehr, nicht schön aber zu verschmerzen. Dafür ist das #wpforms Abo gegangen. Es ist fast eine Nullrunde geworden in 2026.

#controlling #linuxnews #linuxnews_de #betriebskosten

ram prices will collapse

YouTube

In case you’re wondering how screwed the SSD and broader storage market is:

Just last week, I bought 5 8TB WD Red Pro NAS drives on Amazon to be delivered the following week. Amazon limited me to 3 hard drives, even across multiple orders, so I used my coworker’s account to buy 2 more. I couldn’t find any other high-TBW CMR 8TB hard drives anywhere else, no matter the brand or retailer.

Less than a week later, and now Amazon says “available to ship in 1-2 days”, but “fastest delivery July 21-31”. That’s 18 WEEKS! 4 MONTHS!

Hope none of y’all were planning to buy new hard drives any time soon.

#RAMpocalypse #tech #selfhosted #selfhosting #sysadmin

An Intel Socket LGA1700 motherboard by Asrock for the RAMpocolypse, with both DDR4 and DDR5 DIMM slots 😵‍💫

https://asrock.com/MB/Intel/H610M%20COMBO%20II/

#RAMpocalypse #DDR4 #DDR5 #PCComponents #PCBuilding

I just read another web article and watched another YouTube video about the new MacBook Neo, complaining how 8GB of RAM and a 256GB SSD aren't big enough to handle anything but basic tasks...

Oh, please. Here's my Mac desktop from 2007. I felt like a king back in the day! 😉

#MacBook #Apple #MacBookNeo #RAMpocalypse #Tech #Gaming