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Did anyone see the RAM shortage coming? #Vergecast
The Verge· 2026-02-20 16:01
It's never been like this before, right. I've seen low memory prices and I've seen high memory prices, but I haven't seen the supply isn't even there because there's entire new industry eating up all this DRAM. If we're just talking about memory, we have seen prices spike about this fast before, you know, over the last 6 months like 50%.The thing that's really going to break everyone's brain is the next 6 months it's also going to do that again, right. Um it's going to double again, right, in price or somet ...
"RAMageddon” is getting worse, and it’s affecting phones, laptops, and consoles. #Vergecast
The Verge· 2026-02-20 15:00
The RAM shortage, by the way, continues to be brutal. We had a story that the price of the Switch 2 might go up. The PlayStation 6 might be delayed.The Steam Deck OLED is going to be intermittently out of stock. It's hard to buy right now. Western Digital and I think other drive manufacturers have said they're essentially out of stock for the rest of the year.It's the middle of February. Like, it's it's crazy. Then Meta and Nvidia signed a huge deal this week uh for many many many many AI chips.Like that's ...