Center for Strategic and International Studies

The United States’ Accelerating Memory Chip Crunch: Implications for Tech and AI Leadership

The rapid expansion of AI data centers is creating adverse effects across the memory chip ecosystem. As memory suppliers shift toward high-bandwidth memory, shortages of conventional RAM are raising ...
TechCrunch

This chip startup just raised $135M on a bet that AI’s biggest bottleneck isn’t compute — it’s memory

Every time you ask ChatGPT a question, your request triggers a data relay race. Information leaves memory, passes through a CPU for preprocessing, travels to a GPU for heavy computation, and then ...
CNBC

Rise in memory chip costs puts pressure on retailers of laptops and smartphones

AI demand is contributing to a memory chip shortage. As a result, the prices of some consumer electronics are beginning to rise. Apple announced it's raising its prices on MacBooks and iPads — passing ...
The Conversation

AI data center boom is leaving consumer electronics short of chips − even though they don’t use the same kinds

The boom in data center construction is taking up much of the supply of high-tech components, especially processor and memory chips. This demand is squeezing consumer device makers, which are having ...