AI-Driven Memory Chip Squeeze Threatens Mid-Range Phones

Illustration of a smartphone motherboard with glowing memory chips under pressure from AI data center icons

“The escalating demand for AI infrastructure is fueling a global shortage of DRAM and NAND flash memory chips, driving up prices and forcing smartphone manufacturers to raise costs or downgrade specifications, with mid-range devices facing the most severe impacts including potential RAM reductions and shipment declines.” The surge in artificial intelligence applications, particularly in data … Read more