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The RAM shortage is here to stay, raising prices on PCs and phones

Published: (December 19, 2025 at 12:06 PM EST)
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Source: The Verge

Source: The Verge

Summary

Your next smartphone or PC might cost more amid a global memory shortage that the International Data Corporation expects to “persist well into 2027.” A new report from the research firm lays out the potential impact of the RAM crunch, saying it “signals the end of an era of cheap, abundant memory an…

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