At CES 2026, sleek new laptops dazzled—but soaring memory costs driven by AI chip demand threaten to make everyday PCs ...

Upgrading your computer's RAM (Random Access Memory) is one of the simplest and most cost-effective ways to enhance performance. Whether your PC is slowing down during multitasking, taking forever to ...

Micron says the global memory crunch isn't a short-term problem. With AI data centers demanding more DRAM than ever, even ...

The companies that make RAM and flash memory chips are enjoying record profits because of the AI-induced memory crunch—and they’re also indicating that they don’t expect conditions to improve much if ...

The semiconductor industry faced an unprecedented DRAM/NAND shortage in late 2025, and it could persist "well into 2027" ...

High-bandwidth memory required to make artificial intelligence accelerators is “consuming so much of the available capacity ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. “Obviously” is a dangerous word, even in scenarios that seem simple. Suppose, for instance, you need to do an important computation. You ...

Add to this the question of energy, and it's clear that the requirements for a true AI PC are more than just a blisteringly ...