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AI Boom Drives Up Prices for Decades-Old DDR2 Memory
Demand for AI infrastructure is consuming advanced DRAM supply, causing price spikes across DDR4, DDR3, and even 25-year-old DDR2 memory. Prices for DDR2 are set to more than double as the shortage cascades to older generations. The trend highlights how AI's hardware appetite affects legacy components.
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The ripple effect on obsolete memory underscores the scale of AI's hardware demand, but the impact on most users is minimal given DDR2's limited use today.
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Price of 25-year-old DDR2 memory set to more than double — thanks to AI-driven RAM-armageddon →
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