Micro Center’s Shift to Spot RAM Pricing Signals Rising Market Chaos
The global PC hardware market is once again entering a turbulent phase, and this time it is the memory sector that stands at the center of a rising storm. For years, RAM pricing has followed cyclical patterns of volatility, often driven by manufacturing slowdowns, market speculation, and sudden shifts in consumer or enterprise demand. But the current surge in memory prices is driven by a very different catalyst: the explosive growth of AI infrastructure and data-center-level computing requirements. Micro Center—long regarded as the United States’ most consumer-friendly hardware retailer—has quietly made a move that has stirred debate across the tech … Read more