{"id":1948,"date":"2025-12-19T21:06:40","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T17:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/the-ram-shortage-is-here-to-stay-raising-prices-on-pcs-and-phones\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T21:06:40","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T17:06:40","slug":"the-ram-shortage-is-here-to-stay-raising-prices-on-pcs-and-phones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/the-ram-shortage-is-here-to-stay-raising-prices-on-pcs-and-phones\/","title":{"rendered":"The RAM shortage is here to stay, raising prices on PCs and phones"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/STKS523_RAM_SHORTAGE_A.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\t\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Your next smartphone or PC might cost more amid a global memory shortage that the International Data Corporation expects to \u00ab\u00a0persist well into 2027.\u00a0\u00bb A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idc.com\/resource-center\/blog\/global-memory-shortage-crisis-market-analysis-and-the-potential-impact-on-the-smartphone-and-pc-markets-in-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">new report from the research firm <\/a>lays out the potential impact of the RAM crunch, saying it \u00ab\u00a0signals the end of an era of cheap, abundant memory and storage\u00a0\u00bb &#8211; for now, at least.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">The price of RAM has skyrocketed over the past few months as the world&rsquo;s biggest memory makers &#8211; Micron, Samsung, and SK Hynix &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/837594\/crucial-ram-ssd-micron-ai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">allocate more resources for AI companies<\/a>, which are buying up tons of memory for their massive data centers. 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