The RAM shortage is here to stay, raising prices on PCs and phones
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A global RAM shortage is expected to last until 2027, driving up prices for PCs and smartphones as AI companies dominate supply from major memory makers.
Your next smartphone or PC might cost more amid a global memory shortage that the International Data Corporation expects to "persist well into 2027." A new report from the research firm lays out the potential impact of the RAM crunch, saying it "signals the end of an era of cheap, abundant memory and storage" - for now, at least.
The price of RAM has skyrocketed over the past few months as the world's biggest memory makers - Micron, Samsung, and SK Hynix - allocate more resources for AI companies, which are buying up tons of memory for their massive data centers. Though PC gamers looking to upgrade their build's RAM may have been the first …