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Sony Shuts Down Nearly Its Entire Memory Card Business Due to SSD Shortage
Sony halts orders for nearly all SD and CFexpress cards due to semiconductor shortages driven by AI datacenter demand, affecting global supply chains and raising prices.
- On Friday, Sony Japan announced it is "temporarily suspending the acceptance of orders" from authorized dealers and the Sony Store for almost all SD and CFexpress memory card product lines, effective March 27, 2026.
- Rapid AI data center expansion is consuming massive amounts of DRAM and NAND flash memory, driving a global storage shortage that has pushed SSD prices higher in recent months and now impacts memory cards.
- High-End TOUGH-branded and standard SD cards are affected by the order suspension, with even lower-end V30 models halted, demonstrating the shortage extends across all solid state memory categories.
- While existing inventory remains available at retailers, Sony Japan provided no timeline for restarting manufacturing and will announce resumption separately on the product information page; customers may face waits of days to months.
- Western Digital announced in February it sold out of all hard drives for the year, and the storage crisis has also forced Sony to announce massive price hikes on current-generation PlayStation consoles.
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Sony temporarily suspends memory card sales due to shortages
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