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The RAM crisis feels relentless, but Black Friday could come to your rescue

The RAM crisis feels relentless, but Black Friday could come to your rescue

The RAM crisis has grown even more limbs during the month of October. If the memory shortage was incarnated in physical form, it'd have more legs than a spider at this point, and be a multi-limbed monstrosity with a bite that's getting nastier by the day as more negative news see

What happened

The RAM crisis has grown even more limbs during the month of October. If the memory shortage was incarnated in physical form, it'd have more legs than a spider at this point, and be a multi-limbed monstrosity with a bite that's getting nastier by the day as more negative news seems to roll in at a frightening pace.

Why it matters

Privacy-minded readers should check which data leaves the device and what stays local. Just this week, we've witnessed SK Hynix predicting that RAM supply woes are going nowhere and will persist through to 2030 , after Dell's CEO recently warned that we're stuck with this crisis until the end of the decade, and Intel's chief exec agreed – on top of other similar forecasts from earlier this month .

What's next

Privacy-minded readers should check which data leaves the device and what stays local. Source coverage: TechRadar. We will keep tracking updates in our news section and in the Software Releases category.

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