AI Is Fueling a Memory Chip Crunch

Memory chips are basically the new toilet paper of the tech world and we are running out

fast. While everyone panicked about graphics cards a few years ago, the real crisis

is happening with memory and it is way worse. Here is the deal. AI models are absolute

memory hogs. Training one large language model can use more memory than a small country's

worth of laptops. Data centers are hoarding memory like dragons collecting gold,

leaving crumbs for the rest of us. Manufacturing these chips is not like baking cookies.

You cannot just make more overnight. It requires billion dollar facilities, cleanrooms more

sterile than operating rooms, and years of planning. Add geopolitical drama between countries