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SK Group chairman says memory chip shortage will last until 2030
SK Group chairman Chey Tae-won told reporters at Nvidia's GTC conference in San Jose on Monday that the global memory chip shortage is likely to persist for another four to five years.
Seagate CCO says storage price hikes are ‘the new normal’
Surging memory costs are reshaping the storage industry's traditional boom-bust cycle
Memory bit flips cause up to 15% of Firefox crashes, asserts Mozilla engineer
A Mozilla engineer has shared survey data and calculations suggesting that up to 15% of Firefox crashes are due to a bit flip.
Apple pulls 512GB Mac Studio upgrade option as AI RAM squeeze continues, raises 256GB upgrade price
The 512GB option, which was exclusive to the M3 Ultra chip and previously cost $4,000, no longer appears on Apple's configuration page.
Spiralling memory spot prices could trigger 'industry cycle collapse,' report warns
DDR5 16G (2Gx8) chips averaged $39, up 7.4% month-over-month, while 1Tb TLC flash wafers jumped 25% to $25.
AI memory crunch forces DRAM market into 'hourly pricing' model, report claims
According to DigiTimes, these companies began struggling to absorb soaring memory costs in the second half of 2025.
2026 will bring sharpest PC declines in over a decade — PC shipments to fall 10.4%
Premium The forecast puts 2026 on track for the steepest device shipment contraction in over a decade, according to Ranjit Atwal, senior director analyst at Gartner.
Entry-level PC market to ‘disappear’ by 2028
A 130% surge in combined DRAM and SSD prices by the end of 2026 will push PC prices up 17% compared to 2025 levels and wipe out the sub-$500 PC market.
