"But if you've been in the market recently for RAM, you've probably noticed a major spike in prices as memory manufacturers pivot more of their production capacity away from consumer products to supplying AI companies instead, which are rapidly building out data centres that need massive amounts of memory to operate. Prices have absolutely skyrocketed since the beginning of November, Mark Chen, store manager at Uniway Computers, which sells custom-built PCs with RAM in Calgary, told CBC News in an email."
"Now, Chen says, it's difficult to find that same memory kit for less than $400. In the latest blow to the consumer market, Micron Technology Inc., considered to be one of the three major RAM manufacturers in the world, announced last week it is retiring its consumer-focused brand Crucial instead turning its focus to supplying memory and storage to fast-growing AI data centre customers."
RAM prices have surged since early November as manufacturers reallocate production capacity from consumer products to AI data-centre customers. A 32GB DDR5 memory kit that could be found for under $130 in October more than doubled to roughly $300 by mid-November and is now often above $400. Micron announced retirement of its consumer-focused Crucial brand to focus on supplying memory and storage for AI data centres. AI data centres require massive amounts of high-bandwidth memory, creating far more lucrative demand for manufacturers and driving consumer shortages and price volatility.
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