There is an invisible component buried inside every phone, laptop and game console you own, and in 2026 it has quietly become the most disruptive force in consumer tech.
DRAM, the fast working memory inside virtually every electronic device, has become one of the most fiercely contested resources on the planet.
The squeeze is not limited to RAM.
The culprit is the artificial intelligence gold rush.
The result is a textbook supply-and-demand collision.