Memory chip costs are up as AI companies gobble up the hot commodity. Consumer electronics companies like Dell and HP are raising prices.

Since late last year, I've been warning potential buyers of consumer tech to make their moves sooner rather than later. That's because the price of gear has been increasing at an alarming rate thanks to a shortage of memory and solid-state storage chips.

A memory chip shortage is driving up computer prices for consumers, reversing a decades-long drop in hardware costs.

More RAM is coming, but the shortage isn't going away. Even with new production ramping up, the supply problems plaguing PC builders could stretch for years.

Nvidia's new superchip combines a 3nm ARM design with proper RTX graphics and is aimed at running local AI agents. Nvidia took the stage at Computex

Close up view of Dr. Semiconductor's DRAM array - Dr. Semiconductor/YouTube Can you make RAM at home? Technically, yes. One person, YouTuber Dr. Semiconductor, has done it, but it's unlikely the rest of us are about to get around the current out-of-control ...