"The retail SSD market has almost disappeared," Silicon Motion says, as OEMs take what's left
Situation expected to worsen in 2027
SK Hynix moves 375-layer NAND into mass production, replacing tungsten with molybdenum
Future 480-layer and 604-layer designs will require major manufacturing changes
Researchers unveil NAND-DRAM hybrid that could outperform traditional memory
3D CCD recycles decades-old technology to address the AI memory crunch
NAND contract prices surge over 600% since September 2025, DRAM up ~400%
Great news for investors, bad news for virtually everyone else
DDR5 prices drop nearly 30%, but memory costs are still far from normal
DRAM prices have jumped 20x since February 2025
Surging NAND costs could hurt Nintendo Switch 2 software sales
Modern games are massive, and storage is expensive
HP warns RAM now makes up 35% of the cost of building a PC
HP expects a double-digit drop in PC shipments
Suddenly Toto's most valuable business isn't toilets, but chipmaking ceramics
Japanese toilet maker's advanced ceramics have become a key piece of cryogenic etch in AI memory fabs
The memory boom is back: Global revenue to reach $551 billion in 2026 as prices skyrocket
The memory market is expected to generate 2.5x the revenue of the wafer foundry industry
Kioxia warns 1TB SSDs under $50 are a thing of the past
AI demand will keep memory prices high through 2027
The AI crunch is making high-capacity SSDs worth their weight in gold
The 8TB model of the popular SN8100 blows past its gold value by weight
SanDisk is replacing WD Blue and Black SSDs with new Optimus models
The long WD-SanDisk merger is officially unraveling
Asus blames the AI boom for looming PC hardware price hikes
Absolutely no customers asked for this, and yet here we are
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Nvidia and SK hynix are building an AI SSD that could be 10x faster
Partnership expands beyond HBM as SK hynix targets 100 million IOPS
Samsung denies ending SATA SSD production amid NAND squeeze
Memory giant addresses speculation as NAND flash prices surge and fabs shift toward DRAM
Samsung unveils ferroelectric NAND breakthrough to cut power use by up to 96%
Ultra-efficient NAND could lead to longer battery life and less power-hungry data centers
System builders are panic-buying memory, and it could spark a chip shortage through 2027
The AI boom is triggering a global DRAM crunch, and consumers are about to feel it
SK hynix merges DRAM and NAND into a single package for faster AI performance
A novel packaging technology may soon come to fruition
Data centers are now hoarding SSDs as hard drive supplies dry up
Enterprise HDDs are now backordered, shift to QLC SSDs trigger fears of imminent price hikes
AI boom drives record 172% surge in DRAM prices as shortages hit memory market
A bigger yearly jump than gold
SK Hynix sells out DRAM, NAND, and HBM capacity into 2026 amid AI frenzy
South Korean memory giant extends lead over Samsung and Micron
Memory and storage prices will only get worse, Adata CEO says
Rising AI demand pushes up prices for DRAM, NAND, SSDs, and HDDs
The big picture: Multiple manufacturers have recently frozen or hiked memory and storage prices as demand from AI data centers surges, and executives warn the situation may get worse before it gets better. Across the industry, AI and cloud giants are displacing traditional memory makers, while DDR4 RAM – once the backbone of PCs and servers – is slowly being phased out. The result is a perfect storm that's upending supply chains and reshaping the economics of the memory market.
Upcoming UFS 5.0 standard will more than double smartphone storage speeds
High-speed 10.8 GB/s mobile storage poised to rival PC performance