Report: Desperate PC manufacturers are turning to China for RAM

The current RAM shortage is raising prices for memory and storage as the “AI” industry gobbles up manufacturing capacity. That sucks for consumers, who are seeing the price of retail-packaged RAM go up by as much as 400 percent. But it’s also devastating for manufacturers like Dell who rely on standard consumer sales. According to one report, such manufacturers are seeking out new sources of RAM in China.

Today’s memory market is dominated by the “Big Three”: Micron based in the United States...