Samsung will earn more profit in 2026 than it did over the previous 40 years combined thanks to the AI boom
Samsung is maximizing profit in the AI era
Nvidia's RTX 3060 returns to store shelves at its original 2021 price
Facepalm: A "new" Nvidia graphics card has hit US and European retail stores. But it's not the RTX 5000 Super series, unfortunately: it's the five-year-old RTX 3060, and it carries the same price it did in 2021. The Ampere-era GPU has been slowly making its return since the start of 2026, a response to the memory crisis that has turned the industry into a nightmarish hellscape.
Meta is using old DDR4 memory in DDR5-only AI servers to save on hardware costs
Cutting corners: Faced with rising memory costs, Meta says it is reusing old DDR4 RAM in its servers rather than buying new hardware. The company revealed this week that it is repurposing DDR4 memory from decommissioned servers into its new DDR5-only machines, using a custom CXL ASIC that avoids the compatibility issues and major latency penalties that typically come with mixing memory generations. The design reportedly cuts AI inference server count by up to 25% and reduces job-restart and fragmentation overhead by 33%.
Steam Machine benchmarks show single RAM stick setup can cost up to 20% performance
Adding a second DDR5 module delivers higher performance
PlayStation 6 bill of materials nears $1,000 as RAM shortages worsen
Sony says it's done subsidizing consoles to win customers
RAM prices expected to rise another 40-50% in Q3 2026, and then 30% more in Q4 as AI demand outpaces supply
Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron have been sued for price-fixing before. Now it's happening again
Winners & losers: The memory shortages pushing consumer electronics prices higher are expected to worsen through the rest of this year and into 2027, with possible relief not arriving until 2028. While manufacturers and industry analysts largely attribute the spike to AI infrastructure demand, a new California lawsuit accuses the three companies that dominate DRAM and NAND production of conspiring to exploit those conditions and artificially inflate prices.
The third Xbox price hike in 15 months raises all models by at least $100
Xbox Series S rises to $499 and Series X to $799 on August 1
Micron CEO expects memory shortages to stretch beyond 2027 as AI spending surges
AI demand is overwhelming DRAM and NAND supply
All MacBooks and iPads just got $200 or more expensive – iPhones are the last holdout
Even the MacBook Neo is now $700, joining industry price hikes blamed on AI memory demand
SK Hynix just surpassed Samsung to become South Korea's most valuable company
The chipmaker that nearly went bankrupt in 2002 is now worth $1.35 trillion because of AI
Nothing scraps next CMF phone after memory prices make it too expensive
RAMageddon is now killing products before they even reach store shelves
Tim Cook confirms Apple price hikes are coming, iPhones could jump $200 or more
Even Cupertino can't escape RAMageddon
"The retail SSD market has almost disappeared," Silicon Motion says, as OEMs take what's left
Situation expected to worsen in 2027
Nothing CEO warns memory costs now exceed 50% of smartphone's hardware bill
The structural shift is coming, faster than anticipated
Gaming PC saves owner from bullet fired by neighbor's dog
In the age of RAMageddon, a $200 RAM stick just proved its worth in an unexpected way
Xbox is planning major layoffs and hinting at "radically different" console business model
Microsoft's gaming division spent $20 billion in five years and lost $500 million in revenue
YouTuber says he will sue Samsung for dodging 990 Pro SSD warranty replacement amid memory crisis
A refund based on the original $330 purchase price would not cover today's roughly $950 cost of the same drive
TeamGroup built an external SSD that destroys itself when you send it a text message
This external SSD can wipe itself remotely over 4G – no Wi-Fi required
TSMC CEO says it will be "a long time" before they can meet AI chip demand, with price hikes likely
The chip crunch could run for years, unless the boom becomes a bubble
The RAM crisis is resurrecting DDR4 memory and motherboard production as hardware cycle reverses
CPU, GPU, and RAM production are going back in time, for consumers anyway
PC shipments could drop 20% by year's end as AI datacenters consume 70% of high-end DRAM
The hidden cost of the AI infrastructure boom: more expensive PCs with less RAM
Intel Crescent Island data center GPU supports up to 480GB LPDDR5X with 350W air-cooled TDP
AI chip uses laptop memory instead of HBM, full specs and performance yet to be disclosed
DRAM coolers make a comeback: G.Skill and Cooler Master unveil DDR5 kits with built-in fans
A throwback to when DDR3 memory kits shipped with active cooling
Steam Deck OLED is back in stock with a $300 price hike
512GB model now $789, 1TB jumps to $949