Although all computer components are important, RAM and SSD storage are among the ones that are usually refreshed the most, and that’s because we’re talking about a very simple type of updates that also provide immediate improvement. Additionally, we’ve seen some really competitive pricing lately, which undoubtedly supports this type of expansion.

Just look our Red Fridays, the specials we post every Friday with the best deals (remember there will be a new delivery tomorrow) to check it out. Without going any further, in last Friday’s issue, after the GeForce RTX 4060 at a very good price, we showed you just a set with 16 GB DDR4 RAM (which is no longer on sale) and a Kioxia EXCERIA PLUS G3 2TB SSD for 119.95 euros , which is still valid as of the date of publication of this news.

So, These were good times to expand the PC with any of these components, but as you will see, I used the past perfect, and in that sense the good times are not coming. Times in which, if the predictions come true (and there is a good chance they will), we will see not only offers, but also current prices as an exceptional offer that we did not know how to take advantage of here. time. And no, I assure you, I am not exaggerating.

This is indicated by the predictions we find in the Wccfts RAM will increase by 53% in 2024, to which we need to add 35% in 2025. So we are talking about a cumulative 78% when the time period taken into account to make this estimate has passed. And no, this does not necessarily mean that prices will subsequently stabilize or even fall, the upward journey could take longer.

The reason, which you must have already deduced (the choice of this term is not accidental), is artificial intelligence boomwhether as a service and therefore processed on servers or on the client, whether we are talking about a PC, a smartphone, etc. As you already know, artificial intelligence is very, very demanding in terms of floating-point computing capacity (although there are techniques to needs in this sense to reduce), so on memory. It is not for nothing that we have already started to see an increase in RAM equipping high-end smartphones, whose manufacturers focus on their local AI-based functions, and we can expect this to be reproduced in devices yet to arrive.

So we are talking about huge growth in demand for DRAM and NAND Flash memories, so high that it aims to break all-time records, so we’re headed for a scenario where demand far outstrips supply. And as always happens in these cases, prices will go up, up… and up. So if you’re thinking of buying these types of components, you know, RAM and SSD storage, it’s a good idea not to delay too much. And I insist, tomorrow you will have a new Red Friday on MuyComputer.