Why RAM is So Expensive And When It Will Get Cheaper - DTNS 5154
Daily Tech News Show
Tom Merritt
4.8 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 26 November 2025
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Plus, peace in the AI music wars, and no, you holding onto your phone longer will not tank the economy.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Daily Tech News for November 26th, 2025. |
| 0:08.0 | We tell you what you need to know. |
| 0:08.9 | We follow up on context and help each other understand. |
| 0:11.9 | Today we have a RAM shortage that's causing prices to skyrocket. |
| 0:16.4 | But what does it mean for you? |
| 0:18.3 | Ah, me? |
| 0:19.1 | I'm Tom Merritt. |
| 0:19.8 | What does it mean for me, Tom Merritt? I'm Tom Merritt. What does it mean for me, Tom Merritt? |
| 0:21.6 | I'm Sarah Lane, and I'm looking forward to finding out. |
| 0:25.9 | We're both going to find out when we talk about the big story. |
| 0:31.3 | Now, we've been telling you about stories for quite a while now, indicating the coming |
| 0:35.3 | rise of RAM prices, the most recent being Lenovo |
| 0:38.5 | stockpiling components. |
| 0:40.5 | Today, Ars Technica's Andrew Cunningham and PC gamers Jacob Fox both have excellent explainers |
| 0:46.5 | of what's going on, what's causing the rise. |
| 0:49.0 | We'll have links to that in the show notes. |
| 0:50.3 | Go read those if you want a thorough understanding. |
| 0:52.9 | The short version is RAM prices have doubled or tripled for most variants over the past |
| 0:57.7 | three months. |
| 0:58.3 | That affects not only newer DDR5 memory, but DDR4 as well. |
| 1:03.9 | And data center builders are the cause. |
| 1:07.5 | They use high bandwidth memory. |
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