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PC Gamer
Jeremy Laird

Decade-long SSD and RAM 'pricing apocalypse' predicted as AI data centers gobble up hardware on an epic scale

G.Skill's DDR5 Ripjaws S5 memory modules on a steel bench.

Painfully high graphics card pricing has become a seemingly permanent norm and at least some of that comes down to the impact of the burgeoning AI boom. Are SSD and system memory prices poised to go the same way?

According to analysis by Tom's Hardware, the unfortunate answer is yes. Tom's claims that, "nearly every analyst firm and memory maker is now warning of looming NAND and DRAM shortages that will send SSD and memory prices skyrocketing over the coming months and years, with some even predicting a shortage that will last a decade."

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