The AI boom broke the memory market’s boom-bust cycle. The AI memory crunch won’t ease until 2028, and the bust that follows could be historic.

AI-driven demand for high-bandwidth memory is squeezing Apple and PC makers, with data centers consuming 70% of high-end DRAM supply and prices rising

Samsung, SK hynix, Sandisk, Kioxia and Micron report building out new DRAM and NAND flash manufacturing and packaging facilities coming on line in late 2027 or 2028.

The RAMpocalypse may be the precursor to the AIpocalypse

The AI boom broke the memory market’s boom-bust cycle. The AI memory crunch won’t ease until 2028, and the bust that follows could be historic.