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Darren Allan

UNBELIEVABLE: The memory price hike crisis could get even worse as us threatens 100 tariffs this is how it could affect you - Caught on Camera

Intense close-up of RAM against a black background.
  • Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has warned two big memory chip makers that they need to manufacture chips in the US
  • Lutnick said, "Everyone who wants to build memory has two choices: They can pay a 100% tariff, or they can build in America. That's industrial policy."
  • The result of such a move would be painful for consumers, on top of some already nasty memory-related price hikes for laptops and PCs

The RAM crisis just keeps getting worse, and we've started 2026 with a stream of bad news about the price hikes – and the US government is now throwing its weight around, threatening a move that could cause further pricing misery for consumers.

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