Wired

The Daring Attempt to End the Memory Shortage Crisis

A supply shortage is the last thing tech companies want to talk about at CES. The annual trade show is their chance to promote new products and drum up excitement for what's coming, not discuss the ...
Fast Company

Why is there a RAM shortage? AI demand and the mad scramble for memory chips could hit where it hurts

The stock prices of RAM and NAND manufacturers surged yesterday, with Micron Technology (Nasdaq: MU) up 10%, Sandisk Corporation (Nasdaq: SNDK) up 27%, Western Digital Corporation (Nasdaq: WDC) up 16% ...
Gizmodo

Samsung CEO Says What We Already Know About the Memory Shortage

For anyone who’s been paying attention over the past few months, it’s no surprise that the AI-driven memory chip shortage is pushing up prices on consumer electronics, and that those increases aren’t ...
The Motley Fool

The Memory Market Is Going to Boom in 2026: 1 Top Stock to Buy Hand Over Fist Before It Skyrockets (Hint: It's Not Micron)

Micron has been in the spotlight, but another company is also benefiting from the memory boom. Lam Research stock has more than doubled in 2025, and it still trades at a reasonable valuation. This ...
eTeknix

Some Hardware and PC Manufacturers Are Receiving Priority Access to DRAM Memory

The shortage of DRAM memory chips continues to affect the prices of consumer RAM kits. It is also expected that SSDs and graphics cards will become more expensive as we approach 2026. However, ...
NPR

Memory loss: As AI gobbles up chips, prices for devices may rise

The world has a memory problem, thanks to artificial intelligence. The explosion in AI-related cloud computing and data centers has led to so much demand for certain types of memory chips that now ...
PC World

Windows drive X: Unleash ferocious speed by using RAM as storage

The drive letter X: in Windows usually stands for the use of a RAM disc. RAM refers to Random Access Memory, i.e. the working memory of your PC. You can make part of it available as a RAM disc and ...
Digi Times

Memory price spike pressures consumer tech as AI absorbs supply

Rising memory chip prices are unlikely to slow the world's largest technology companies as they accelerate investment in artificial intelligence computing, but the surge risks squeezing consumer ...
Bleeping Computer

New UEFI flaw enables pre-boot attacks on motherboards from Gigabyte, MSI, ASUS, ASRock

The UEFI firmware implementation in some motherboards from ASUS, Gigabyte, MSI, and ASRock is vulnerable to direct memory access (DMA) attacks that can bypass early-boot memory protections. The ...
PC Gamer

Asus tells owners of its Intel motherboards to update the BIOS because they 'may allow unintended access to system memory'

And it's because of pesky DMA protections not being triggered to help out add-in PCIe cards. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.
Lifehacker

Why RAM Prices Are Going Way, Way Up (and Why You Should Care)

Michelle is Lifehacker's Associate Tech Editor, and has been reviewing games, laptops, phones, and more for over 10 years. She is based in New York City and holds a master's degree from NYU. RAM, also ...