CES 2026 is over and it has revealed the situation with memory being consumed by AI companies is much worse than we initially thought.

What I heard on the ground floor from various system integrators, components manufacturers, and other companies, is memory supply has been tied up for all of 2026, and that shortages could last as long as until 2031.

Sure it’s scuttlebutt but wouldn’t surprise me as being true.

  • Pavidus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    57·
    20 hours ago

    The solution is surprisingly simple:

    “Sorry, I can’t use your online services. My electronics died. Oh well.” 🤷‍♂️

    • matlag@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      3·
      2 hours ago

      “No worries! We just launched Chat-Phone: a cellphone totally connected to ChatGPT. It has almost no capability by itself: poor CPU, min RAM, min/no storage, etc. But it is always connected to ChatGPT!
      BTW: because of RAM shortage, we are the only smartphone maker in the world now!”
      The phone is 50$, but you need the premium subscription for it to work…