One July afternoon in 2024, Ryan Williams set out to prove himself wrong. Two months had passed since he’d hit upon a startling discovery about the relationship between time and memory in computing.

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Adrian Ward had been driving confidently around Austin, Texas, for nine years — until last November, when he started getting lost. Ward’s phone had been acting up, and Apple Maps had stopped working.

Here's all we know about skyrocketing memory prices and what's causing it. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. January 14, 2026: ...

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.

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The AI boom is driving a shortage of computer memory chips, which will lead to higher prices for PCs and smartphones in 2026.