2025–present global memory supply shortage

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A global computer memory supply shortage started in 2025 due to supply constraints and rapid price escalation in the semiconductor memory market, particularly affecting DRAM and NAND flash integrated circuits. This shortage has been referred to in media outlets as "RAMmageddon" or the "RAMpocalypse". Unlike the 2020–2023 global chip shortage, which stemmed primarily from pandemic-related supply chain disruptions from COVID-19, this shortage is driven by the AI boom, involving reallocation of manufacturing capacity toward products intended for AI data center development, creating a scarcity of integrated circuits intended for the consumer and enterprise markets. According to a 2026 Kearney PERLab analysis, the shortage is expected to last at least until 2030. In June 2026, Micron Technology CEO Sanjay Mehrotra expected the shortage to last through 2027, and supply to gradually improve by 2028. In August 2026, Jason Kong of Samsung Electronics expects the shortage to continue through 2028...

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