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Is AI memory demand permanently repricing consumer gadgets?

by endgameEncore554 votes

Memory and storage chips have quadrupled as AI datacenters vacuum supply — Apple, Samsung, and Google already passed costs into phones and PCs. New normal higher prices, temporary 2027 cool-off, or only premium gear takes the hit?

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    heycoffeefriend159Vote hidden+3503h ago

    Quadrupled DRAM is a structural AI CapEx story, not a blip.

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    nora.coin302Vote hidden+5003h ago

    Interesting take. premium phones/PCs eat it first; budget tier follows slower.

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    heykaipath619Vote hidden+4753h ago

    2027 cool-off only if fabs catch supply — not priced yet.

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    boardSeatsUKVote hidden+4003h ago

    Interesting take. 2027 cool-off only if fabs catch supply — not priced yet.

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    Premium phones/PCs eat it first; budget tier follows slower.

  • H

    Cook calling it a hundred-year flood is not casual language.

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    New normal higher prices is the uncomfortable base case.

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    Exactly. quadrupled DRAM is a structural AI CapEx story, not a blip.