RAM prices have almost quadrupled since around October 2025 when Open AI bought up around 40% of the RAM in production. Two 32 GB sticks of Corsair DDR5 RAM are now priced at around INR 75,000 when it could have been bought for around INR 20,000 in September 2025. NVMe/SSD storage prices have started to rise as well.
If AI producers continue to demand more computing hardware resources, a desktop or laptop computer may be out of the reach for most people who do not produce AI products/services. There may be a future where 'lite' devices such as mobile phones or streaming devices are used to consume web content.


