NAND flash
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Conventional non-volatile memory technology facing supply constraints driven by AI infrastructure demand
447 TB/cm² at zero retention energy – atomic-scale memory on fluorographane
Fluorographane-based atomic memory demonstrates 447 TB/cm² density, solving AI's memory-bandwidth bottleneck with a five-order-of-magnitude density leap.
The RAM shortage could get even worse if Samsung labor protests cut production
Samsung faces a planned 18-day strike beginning May 21st over wage and bonus disputes, threatening to worsen the already critical AI-driven RAM shortage. As the world's largest DRAM and NAND producer, production cuts...
The Bromine Chokepoint: How Strife Could Halt Production of World’s Memory Chips
South Korea's 97.5% dependence on Israeli bromine for semiconductor etch gas creates a potential global DRAM/NAND production chokepoint if Iranian strikes disrupt the Negev's irreplaceable extraction complex.
The AI RAM shortage is also driving up SSD prices
Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron's NAND production capacity is being consumed by AI infrastructure buildout, driving consumer SSD prices 2-3x higher since December 2025.