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The RAM crisis has gotten so bad, Costco is removing memory from display PCs to halt theft

A smart move in a dire situation.

2026 may be the year when smartphones get more RAM, here's why

New forecasts suggest higher RAM configurations will become more common, even as volatile pricing threatens to push handset ...
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Memory Shortage Turns Absurd as Thieves Only Steal DDR5 RAM from South Korean Office

DDR5 RAM prices have jumped 4x since 2025, impacting PCs and consoles, and even triggering targeted memory thefts amid supply ...

The Global Memory-Chip Shortage Will Cost Us All

AI companies’ need for a once obscure and affordable type of microchip threatens to drive up prices of all electronics—and ...

Costco Display PCs Stripped Of RAM And GPUs As Theft Concerns Rise

Forget rotisserie chicken and oversized barrels of mayo, Costco's hottest commodity right now just might be RAM and GPUs.

AI needs memory, and Microsoft is grabbing as much as it can

Edited with Gemini. Microsoft’s AI ambitions may have just taken another major step forward. A new report claims the company ...

The memory market melt-up is only getting wilder

Despite pulling in slightly more than $3 billion in revenue during the quarter, the data storage technology company still was ...

What RAM crisis? Google now lets Chrome eat your RAM as soon as you turn on your PC.

Google Chrome now offers a convenient toggle on PCs, but this also means it'll eat your memory as soon as you turn on your ...