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Big three memory chip manufacturers policing customers to prevent hoarding
By Jowi Morales published
The big three memory chip makers are reportedly becoming stricter when it comes to who buys their chips, ensuring that the demand is real before allowing customers to get them.

Memory prices show signs of levelling out, albeit at inflated levels
By Jowi Morales last updated
Pricing trends show a slowing or tapering off of memory pricing, but some high-end DDR5 kits still show continued increases.

Samsung refutes claims of '80% price hike' across all memory products
By Sunny Grimm published
Claims of cataclysmic price increases spun fast this morning, but the leak may be bunk.

Data centers will consume 70 percent of memory chips made in 2026
By Bruno Ferreira published
Memory chip shortage set to spread well beyond the confines of datacenters and computers

Modder saves $130 by building 32GB DDR5 desktop DIMMs from scavenged laptop memory
By Hassam Nasir published
$218 cost of parts is about $130 cheaper than buying a similar desktop DIMM retail kit in the US.

Major Japanese electronics store begs customers for their old PCs as hardware drought continues
By Mark Tyson published
A major Japanese PC and electronics store is pleading with customers to sell it their old PC gear.

Senior AMD executive tells consumers to buy cheap CPUs to combat memory pricing squeeze
By Jowi Morales published
An AMD executive says that they're not too concerned about the memory shortage, points out that AMD has a wide range of CPUs available "for all kinds of price points."

German retail supplier allegedly rationing RTX 5070 GPUs
By Jowi Morales published
The memory shortage is spilling over into GPUs.
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