Despite the recent massive data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ram/bewildered-enthusiasts-decry-memory-price-increases-of-100-percent-or-more-the-ai-ram-squeeze-is-finally-starting-to-hit-pc-builders-where-it-hurts” target=”_blank” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ram/bewildered-enthusiasts-decry-memory-price-increases-of-100-percent-or-more-the-ai-ram-squeeze-is-finally-starting-to-hit-pc-builders-where-it-hurts”>price increases for RAM that have shocked enthusiasts, manufacturers aren’t expected to meaningfully increase production of standard memory to offset the demand from the AI industry. According to data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.trendforce.com/presscenter/news/20251113-12780.html” target=”_blank” data-url=”https://www.trendforce.com/presscenter/news/20251113-12780.html” referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link”>TrendForce, memory makers are limiting their capital expenditure on building additional capacity, instead focusing on research and development of process technology, improving density through stacking, and the far more lucrative HBM chips for AI accelerators (HBM requires more…
