The AI infrastructure build-out is no longer just lifting prices for high-bandwidth memory used beside accelerators. It is pulling enough manufacturing capacity toward HBM and server DRAM to leave consumer DDR5 buyers competing for a shrinking pool of conventional memory.
The result is now visible at retail. U.S. retail tracking shows some high-capacity DDR5 configurations approaching 500% year-on-year price increases, while industry reports say…
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