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The world’s RAM supply crisis is going to get worse before it gets better

Shockwaves from the global RAM and SSD crisis continue to echo through home electronics pricing, and RAM manufacturers are reaping massive profits. A fix is coming, but it is a long time away and may not make any difference at all to consumers.

Stacks of US hundred dollar bills arranged in tall piles on a computer circuit board, symbolizing expensive or high value technology and data processing costs
This is what it feels like buying RAM these days.

It’s been a long time since RAM pricing at retail has been something that we’ve needed to keep an eye on. We still don’t need to track sales on DIMM sticks, given how Apple sells and packages RAM on the chip. What you buy initially is what you will end with.

But it is a good bellwether of where the industry stands.

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