Musk, Cook Warn of Memory Chip Crisis as Demand From AI Grows
A growing procession of tech industry leaders including Elon Musk and Tim Cook are warning about a global crisis in the making: A shortage of memory chips is beginning to hammer profits, derail corporate plans and inflate price tags on everything from laptops and smartphones to automobiles and data centers — and the crunch is only going to get worse. Bloomberg’s Neil Campling explains.
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March 29, 2026 at 1:16 am
We need new software infrastructured .Chips are diffcult to make and implement
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March 29, 2026 at 1:16 am
Just wait till ai gets mad about gender and says it's not robot exterminate all who disagree!!!
@low42g
March 29, 2026 at 1:16 am
No shit, you billionaire a-holes.
@TheRajmoney
March 29, 2026 at 1:16 am
I wouldn't upgrade or buy new gpu, memory or storage. Wait for the price to drop.
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@ramonperez2685
March 29, 2026 at 1:16 am
All eletronics are going to go up. This is insane.
@snoopcow
March 29, 2026 at 1:16 am
Lie – Lie – Lie. Big tech AI CAPEX FOMO spending is peak, AI trades is fading away.
@OG_Keegan_Patterson
March 29, 2026 at 1:16 am
Kill AI. Nobody wants it ffs.
@SandaruwanSampaths
March 29, 2026 at 1:16 am
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@prashanthb6521
March 29, 2026 at 1:16 am
Waiting for the AI bubble to pop. I will buy memory & storage only then.
@timetin
March 29, 2026 at 1:16 am
The crisis will be quickly fixed if some Counter Strike Gamers instead of planting at bomb site A and B target a few Tesla and other AI factories which dare suggest that some stupid machine computing needs can overrule human computing needs and break the information age.
@비비RSB
March 29, 2026 at 1:16 am
Trump's declaration of "I will reclaim the Panama Canal"
sparked concerns within the US political community and the US military about China's potential control of the Panama Canal. This is because the Chinese military could militarily block the two ports if necessary. US security experts have pointed out that the Chinese government could pressure these companies to block commercial and military cargo transport in the event of a sudden upheaval or war. If merchant ships or naval warships from the eastern US cannot use the Panama Canal to travel to the Indo-Pacific region, including Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and the South China Sea, they would have no choice but to bypass the South American continent.
Daniel Lund, Senior Vice President of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), a US think tank, noted, "While the Panamanian government controls the entire Panama Canal, the Chinese government could request Hong Kong companies to assist with military operations." Evan Ellis, a professor at the US Army War College, also expressed concern that "China could disrupt the Panama Canal in various ways, such as sinking ships or disrupting computer networks in the event of an emergency." There have even been calls in the US Congress for the US to regain control of two Chinese ports within the Panama Canal. Meanwhile, in his inaugural address on January 20th of last year (local time), US President Donald Trump declared that he would regain control of the Panama Canal from China.
@NadineMurdock
March 29, 2026 at 1:16 am
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@Liam_Rivers
March 29, 2026 at 1:16 am
Subscription for using computers is coming.
@FatBrainBillionaire
March 29, 2026 at 1:16 am
The RAM and SSD price will just getting higher and higher!
@rpl6nl
March 29, 2026 at 1:16 am
Waiting for the AI bubble to pop
@_syd_10110_
March 29, 2026 at 1:16 am
How long before A.I becomes a clout chaser?
@altariusETI
March 29, 2026 at 1:16 am
Interesting to see the discussion linking AI related memory demand with supply dynamics.
Do you view this as primarily a structural capacity constraint, or more a cyclical supply demand mismatch?
@Realsstatenoidas
March 29, 2026 at 1:16 am
Top is made of chips a commidty cannot stay hugher for long
@janesung819
March 29, 2026 at 1:16 am
You're completely right — this is the biggest risk people see with xAI or similar “second-tier AI companies”:
@pureum1720
March 29, 2026 at 1:16 am
Used chips will become more expensive for some time- one way to make some extra cash- No memory chip maker will just expand, they know AI hype can tone down quite quickly…
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@adama2562
March 29, 2026 at 1:16 am
This sounds like it's all by design.
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