If you have been keeping up with global tech news, you will already know all about the RAM shortages driven by massive demand from AI data centres around the world. Memory has become ridiculously expensive lately, but there might finally be some good news on the horizon.
According to DigiTimes via TechSpot, Acer CEO Jason Chen stated that PC price hikes linked to these memory shortages could actually start reversing by late 2027. His take completely goes against earlier warnings from memory maker bosses who claimed we would be dealing with this mess until at least 2030.
Predictions on how long this shortage and inflated pricing will last are all over the place. Earlier this year, Micron CEO Sanjay Mehrotra warned that high prices would stretch beyond 2027. Shortly after, SK Hynix head Kwak Noh-Jung reckoned the shortage would peak in 2027 with tight supply continuing through 2030. Adata chairman Chen Li-bai took an even grimmer view, predicting high prices for another full decade despite expansion plans across all major memory manufacturers.
Acer’s chief executive sees things rather differently though. He believes those gloomy forecasts are less about actual supply issues and more about keeping the massive profit margins handed to memory makers by the AI craze going as long as possible.
He points out that supply for most everyday RAM and SSD types has already caught up with demand, and that current shortages are really just isolated to high-end hardware like top-tier DDR5 modules and specialised chips like Nvidia’s N1X.
Even so, he still expects PC prices to climb between 5% and 20% later this year, peaking in the first half of 2027 before things finally begin to cool down. In the end, new and more affordable supply from Chinese manufacturers such as CXMT should hopefully help bring prices back down to earth for everyday consumers like us.