In the coming years, the global computer hardware industry may face the most serious shortage of the past decade. The market for dynamic RAM (DRAM) and solid-state drives (SSD) is experiencing a sharp rise in prices and a shortage of components, affecting both electronics manufacturers and ordinary users. The reason behind this is the rapid shift of leading companies toward producing chips for artificial intelligence, which today consumes most of the world’s manufacturing capacity. To understand what this may lead to, it is worth examining the factors driving the new memory crisis.