TPM Reader EB emailed today to tell me something that hadn\u2019t come across my radar: the cost of computer memory is going absolutely through the roof. Just do a Google search for something like rising cost of computer memory and you\u2019ll see a ton of articles. To give you a sense of scale the cost increases are approaching 200% year over year and as much as 30% for certain kinds of gaming RAM recently in one week. The cause is what you\u2019d expect: the insatiable demand for memory created by the AI server farm buildout. I buy computer memory too but I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve tried to buy recently enough to be aware of the surge.<\/p>\n
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