The Invisible AI Memory Tax

“Today, AI is everywhere — but something underneath is breaking.” “In the last year,

RAM prices have exploded in many regions — not because of gamers or PCs, but because AI data

centers are consuming memory at unlimited scale. The result is an invisible AI tax

— paid by every phone, laptop, and device, whether it runs

AI or not.” Modern processors are no longer limited by compute. They’re limited

by memory.