As AI Eats Up The World’s Chips, Memory Prices Take The Hit

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

All hope may not be lost amid the memory apocalypse, as Micron's new QLC SSD offers an affordable silver lining

The company has just announced the Micron 3610 NVMe SSD, which it bills as "the industry’s first PCIe Gen5 QLC client SSD, ...
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Analysis-Chip Crunch: How the AI Boom Is Stoking Prices of Less Trendy Memory

SEOUL (Reuters) -The global rush by chipmakers to produce AI chips is tightening supply of less glamorous chips used in smartphones, computers and servers, spurring panic buying by some customers and ...
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SK Hynix's 'world first' 321-layer QLC flash memory chips, boasting 100% faster transfer speeds and up to 56% greater write performance, will be in gaming PCs next year

This could be the turning point where we all stop going 'Eww' when we see a QLC SSD. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. For SSD ...
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Micron’s little-known dominance: It leads the world in memory chips for autos

Syracuse, N.Y. – While Micron Technology’s fortunes are soaring thanks to the explosion of artificial intelligence, the company has quietly become the world’s biggest producer of memory chips in cars ...
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Memory chip price hikes could lead to higher smartphone and PC costs

Dell, Lenovo, and HP are all reportedly predicting price increases of products due to increased costs of memory chips, with a shortage of chips expected to hit in 2026. Down the line, this could lead ...
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Three technology shifts reshaping NAND flash memory

NAND flash technology is on a roll with advancements in cell structure and the subsequent boost in storage density. That allows this non-volatile-memory (NVM) chip to deliver faster throughput and ...