RAM & SSD വില ഇനിയും മേളിലോട്ട്?🥲

Your next PC upgrade just got expensive.

AI’s hunger for RAM has triggered a global shortage, halting production of GPUs and SSDs everywhere.

If you wanted new gear in 2026, get ready to pay double.😭 

But wait, there's more:

• AI coding tools are 90% magic, 10% nightmare - why that last stretch breaks developers.

• Europe's open-source rebellion against Silicon Valley's AI monopoly is heating up

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Let’s DIVE DEEP 🧠👇

In today’s post:

• 🧠 RAM Shortage Hits Gaming Hardware

• 💰 AI Coding's 90% vs 10% Problem

• 🚨 Europe's Open-Source AI Rebellion

AI Just Ate Your Gaming PC

Trying to build a PC right now?

Good luck finding parts.

AI's endless hunger for memory has triggered a massive global shortage, killing the supply of GPUs, SSDs, and even hard drives.

🔍 Key Points:

•  Samsung and Micron shifted over 80% of their production to AI memory (HBM), leaving consumer chips in the dust.

• Factories are literally stopping production lines because they cannot get the DRAM needed to make SSDs and graphics cards.

• NVIDIA is making billions on AI chips, while gamers face immediate 20-50% price hikes on the shelves.

🚨 Why This Matters:

• If you planned to upgrade your rig or buy a laptop in early 2026, you will pay a massive "AI tax."

• The big guys like Google and AWS are hoarding all the memory, squeezing out regular people.

• This proves the real bottleneck for AI isn't just the processor it's the memory needed to run it.

⏭️ What's Next: 

• Expect Dell and HP to quietly kill off budget PC models by March 2026 due to part shortages.

• Prices for high-end GPUs will likely spike another 30% before summer.

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AI Coding: The First 90% is Fast, The Last 10% is Hell

AI coding tools like Cursor and Antigravity can spit out 90% of your app in minutes..

But that final 10% still requires human blood, sweat, and tears.

AI nails the boilerplate but fumbles the finesse.

🔍 Key Points:

•  Cursor and Antigravity can generate sleek prototypes from plain English descriptions in hours instead of weeks

• The last 10% involves edge cases, subtle bugs, and performance tweaks that AI agents consistently struggle with

🚨 Why This Matters: 

• You can now build MVPs without being a coding wizard, but still hard to ship production-ready AI apps solo

• Companies are scaling dev teams faster by using AI to handle grunt work while humans focus on architecture

• This gap between AI hype and reality is what separates successful startups from those that crash on launch day

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Europe's Open-Source AI Revolt Against Silicon Valley

Europe just declared war on US AI dominance and they're winning with weapons Big Tech can't buy:

Open-source models.

🔍 Key Points: 

• European labs like Germany's Aleph Alpha are betting everything on open-source while US giants hoard their black-box models

• This is Europe's "sovereign tech" strategy break free from Silicon Valley's API paywalls and data hoarding

🚨 Why This Matters:

• Open-source AI levels the playing field small startups can now compete with billion-dollar labs

• Europe's rebellion could crack Big Tech's monopoly and make AI accessible to everyone, not just the elite.

🚨 Quick L8R Summary

• RAM Shortage: AI's hunger for memory chips is strangling GPU and SSD production your gaming upgrade just got pricier

• AI Coding: Tools like Cursor nail the first 90% of code in minutes, but that last 10% still needs human sweat

• Europe's Rebellion: Labs like Mistral AI are dropping open-source models to break Silicon Valley's AI stranglehold