DRAM prices have surged up to 600%, driven by a shift toward AI-focused chip manufacturing, impacting PC builders and consumers in 2026.
The Memory Squeeze: Why Your RAM Bill Doubled
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Outcome-First Decisions: The Friction Is The Feature
A new decision framework prioritizes testing and evidence over planning, helping businesses make faster, more reliable choices with fewer resources.
The High-End PC And Workstation Tax
Memory prices surge in 2026, making DIY PC building more expensive than prebuilt options, impacting high-end builders and professionals.
The Memory Squeeze: Why Your RAM Bill Doubled
DRAM prices have surged up to 600%, driven by a shift towards AI-focused memory production, impacting consumer costs and supply dynamics.
DDR5 Now, DDR6 Soon: A Buyer’s Field Guide
A detailed guide on current DDR5 options and what to expect from DDR6, helping buyers make informed memory choices amid market shortages and upcoming tech.
Capital: The Lever Beneath the Levers
Exploring how funding and capital flow shape AI development, highlighting recent public listings of major AI companies and their implications.
Capital: The Lever Beneath the Levers
An analysis of how capital underpins AI development, its circular flow, and the emerging risks in funding and market stability in 2026.
Outcome-First Decisions: Keep, Change, or Kill
A new decision framework prioritizes outcomes over effort, helping organizations decide what to keep, change, or kill to optimize resources.
The labor share. Is value really moving from labor to capital? The data isn’t on anyone’s side yet.
Analysis of recent data shows early signals of labor’s share shifting due to AI, but the long-term aggregate impact remains unconfirmed.
The stake. Why the answer to automation is broad-based ownership, not a bigger transfer.
The answer to automation lies in expanding capital ownership, not increasing transfer payments, to equitably share AI’s value gains.
