The rapid growth of AI data centers is creating a shortage of the memory chips used in everyday devices like laptops, phones, cameras, and gaming consoles. The world's three largest memory chipmakers — SK Hynix, Samsung, and Micron — are shifting production to High Bandwidth Memory, specialized microchips that power AI data centers, rather than the DRAM and NAND chips found in many consumer electronics. With fewer traditional chips being produced, tech manufacturers are paying more for components and passing the costs to customers through higher prices. Read "I used Claude to solve a problem that data centers helped cause for my photography business. It's saved me thousands": https://bit.ly/3SHI29M And "I skipped college and now earn over $40 an hour in a blue-collar job. The AI boom is creating more opportunities for me": https://bit.ly/4zMbdJE 00:00 - Intro 01:22 - Types of Memory & Storage 03:22 - The Rise of AI & HBM 04:53 - Higher Prices for Electronics 09:03 - Higher Costs for Professionals 11:39 - Foto Care 13:19 - The Future of Memory Prices 17:36 - Credits ------------------------------------------------------ #aidatacenter #memorychips #highbandwidthmemory #electronics #datacenters #SoExpensive WATCH MORE: Why Uber Is More Expensive ... For Some People https://youtu.be/gnjVqeBoaqs The Fight To Make Expensive Stadium Food Illegal https://youtu.be/j6G91ryji5s How America Made The World Cup Unaffordable https://youtu.be/dlkgv-rYE4o Business Insider is a global newsroom covering business, technology, innovation, and the economy. Visit our homepage for the top stories of the day: https://www.businessinsider.com/?utm_source=youtube Sign up for our newsletters: https://www.businessinsider.com/subscription/newsletter?utm_source=youtube Find Business Insider on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/businessinsider ... on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/businessinsider ... on X: https://x.com/BusinessInsider ... on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@businessinsider How AI Data Centers Are Making Everything More Expensive | So Expensive | Business Insider
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broo the ram and ssd are already in high prices and now they're pumping motherboard too, whats next? power supply? Maybe the casing?😭
Back to books and outdoor activities.
I had finally saved up close to $3,500 for a 5090 PC after years of small upgrades then it shot up to around $6k. Crazy stuff.
I don’t think people understand how important this video it
Man this is so frustrating, I was saving to buy new computer this year, and that is a pipe dream unless I downgrade all my specs, just because of these companies looking to increase profits, under the smokescreen of AI demand. I cannot even increase the my storage and to add storage to a handheld console is a joke.
The funny thing is that the Buy Now Pay Later people won big if they bought the right stuff.
China is creating their own memory chips now. Hopefully it will start distributing around the world soon so price can go down.
The amount of AI ad YouTube served me while trying to watch this video
How to make people Hate AI 101
Chance of people raiding AI data center or chip manufacturers in the future is getting higher.
Well at least some devs will start to optimize their games for efficient memory usage again.
And they didn't even bring up cost of Utilities increase!
We need to build more AI data centers so that AI can tell us how to solve this problem of AI data centers driving inflation.
Read "I used Claude to solve a problem that data centers helped cause for my photography business. It's saved me thousands": /3UtXAyA Also "The AI boom is gobbling power faster than ever": /4qKoIWc
2045 to 2023?what? Are you drunk?
5:40 they knew this was coming from when they started investing heavy in cloud gaming. It’s about selling subscriptions over selling ownership.
14:45 what a surprise!!
Do one on GPU's next.
Jevons Paradox states that increased efficiency decreases the unit price of a resource, which then triggers an explosion in demand that increases total consumption
We bought laptops in February for 2.5K each, the exact same laptop we are buying now is 3.5K...