TurboQuant isn't the RAM crisis savior you're hoping for, analysts say — as memory prices continue to look bleak

A RAM stick held between two fingers next to an illustration showing how the TurboQuant compression algorithm works.

Is TurboQuant a silicon bullet to solve the RAM crisis? No, it isn't, and if you were hoping that the compression algorithm that Google recently announced would be a major turning point for AI memory-related woes, I'm afraid you might have to think again.

Sadly, for me, the RAM crisis remains a towering specter that'll likely continue to be a considerable blight on the PC landscape for a long time to come yet. Certainly, a good deal of online opinion has crystallized around the notion that Google hasn't got an ace up its sleeve with TurboQuant.