AI-driven memory demand is squeezing global supply, raising device costs and threatening affordable smartphone access—reshaping participation in the digital economy.

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Even if you don’t know much about the inner workings of generative AI models, you probably know they need a lot of memory. Hence, it is currently almost impossible to buy a measly stick of RAM without ...

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As AI workloads extend across nearly every technology sector, systems must move more data, use memory more efficiently, and respond more predictably than traditional design methodologies allow. These ...

A global shortage in memory chips sparked by artificial intelligence has dealt a “tsunami-like shock” to the smartphone industry, pushing prices to all-time highs, according to a new report. A ...

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Intel Corp. Chief Executive Officer Lip-Bu Tan said that the computer industry’s memory-chip shortage is likely to persist for at least two years. “There’s no relief as far as I know,” he said during ...