Asus, MSI, other manufacturers panic-buying RAM stocks, while major memory chipmakers rake in profits — massive demand for HBM and RDIMM for data centers driving shortage

Major PC brands, system integrators, and memory makers are now panic-buying memory chips and modules as the DRAM and NAND chip shortage is taking hold. According to DigiTimes, numerous companies are in a race to build up their stocks as data centers are swallowing up supply, leaving the consumer industry scrambling to get memory modules. Asus said that its memory inventory for production and those that are already in finished products sit at two months, which should be enough for the remainder of 2025….