2027's Memory Capacity Has Already Been Completely Sold

All Of 2027's Memory Capacity Has Reportedly Been Sold Published Aug 6, 2026, 7:10 AM EDT Sign in to your TheGamer account Another day, another story about how the ongoing memory crisis is worsening, with apocalyptic anecdotes about how consumers may never get their hands on new memory ever again. This time, Taiwanese outlet DigiTimes reports that 2027's memory capacity has already been sold. In other words, all of the memory produced next year already has a buyer, and no new memory will be available to consumers as a result. DigiTimes (via TweakTown) claims the manufacturing capacity of Samsung, SK Hynix and Micron has already been allocated in advance deals, citing "industry sources" as the origin of this information. This isn't wholly surprising; each of these manufacturers—who are being collectively sued for market manipulation—has indicated that they are far more interested in the business-to-business AI gold rush than selling to consumers and consumer-facing brands. Because of the extreme memory capabilities needed to support generative AI, corporations are rushing to buy components to power their data centres, ballooning demand for memory. We're now in a situation where demand far outstrips supply, meaning bidders with the most buying power are hoovering up the world's entire supply of memory before the supply chain can reach consumers. There have been reports that even Nvidia is being forced to overpay for years' worth of memory just to access the supply it needs. The lack of memory will be a reckoning for smaller operations, as they won't have access to the technology they need to stay in business. The consolidation of memory supply to the largest companies will result in many smaller, usually consumer-facing, companies folding. This has a knock-on effect on the consumer, especially in the gaming industry, as console manufacturers also rely on a steady supply of memory to keep manufacturing costs low. We've already seen price increases for all the major consoles—and an eye-watering launch price point for the new Steam Machine—and this situation is set to deteriorate further in the coming years. The rising price of memory is a major stumbling block for games, and could delay the release of the next console generation for several years. Naturally, exorbitant memory prices also affect PC players, as components like RAM, SSDs and even HDDs have become exponentially more expensive over the past year. Date Founded April 1, 1993 CEO Jensen Huang Subsidiaries Mellanox Technologies, Cumulus Networks, NVIDIA Advanced Rendering Center Headquarters Santa Clara, California, United States