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The RAM crisis is great for those who manufacture it. There are those who think that a tsunami will sink many others

February 19, 2026 by usatoday24

Looking at current technology is peering into a well of contrasts. On the one hand, the optimism of companies that push the narrative of a future supported by AI while spend tens of billions of dollars. On the other hand, the consequences for the consumer segment are a new component crisis. Nobody likes pessimism, but unfortunately the market does not bring good news, and the CEO of Phison has a clear message: Things are going to get a lot worse before they get better. And that means that the RAM crisis It is going to take away some technology companies… in all sectors. In short. RAM and SSDs are the components that best exemplify the cost of data centers. They are elements that They have increased the price a real outrage and are made up of NAND flash chips. It is where the information is stored, but even those components need a ‘brain’, and that is where Phison comes into play. This Taiwanese company is one of the most powerful when it comes to creating something very specific: memory controllers. They are responsible for managing access, reading, writing and deleting data from NAND memory, among other tasks. Without them, these components could not function, so it is evident that Phison is interested in continuing to inflate the market. But its CEO, Pua Khein-Seng, has made it clear in a recent interview that this boom in data centers and artificial intelligence will have a disastrous consequence for the consumer market: there will be companies that go bankrupt. And it will be soon: by the end of 2026. slap. According to the boss of the controller company, this situation will put many consumer brands on the ropes, pushing some to disaster before the end of the year. When we talk about “consumer devices”, we refer to mobile phonestablets, consoles and computersbut also cars and of other devices with RAM and flash memories, such as televisions and even routers. Because it’s not that we can’t buy a couple of RAM pills, it’s that gigantic companies like Apple or Lenovo are already facing the problems involved in not having RAM. Memory production is dominated by just three companies and, although there are others such as Intel, tesla and the Chinese wanting to get their nails in the matterSamsung, Micron and SK Hynix are still the only ones capable of supplying the demands of the one that cuts the cod: NVIDIAas well as from Meta, Google or Microsoft. All production is focusing on creating memory for AI, and that means that Corsair, Dell, HP… but also Xiaomi, Vivo, OPPO, Sony or Nintendo They cannot buy RAM or they have to do so at higher prices. Consequence? That if they buy at a higher price, they must also sell the product at a higher price. And they may make devices that users are not willing to buy if they are more expensive either by price or by a less memory than that of previous generations. Unprecedented. There were already estimates that certain mobile companies were being more cautious with their shipment estimates for this year, but the CEO of Phison give a figure: between 200 and 250 million fewer mobile phones. It also targets the aforementioned PC industries (not those that we can assemble in parts, but to those pre-assembled by the companies) and to that of televisions. If all televisions are already ‘smart’, they need components that have a price through the roof. The executive is not the only interested party that has sent a pessimistic message about the situation. In statements to BloombergMicron’s executive vice president already pointed out that the current shortage is unprecedented, ridiculing even the previous components crisis that we live in 2020. In fact, something that is also unprecedented is that RAM manufacturers request payments up to three years in advance. Big Tech optimism. While users cannot buy components and consumer-focused companies are beginning to see sea level rise, Big Tech continues investing exorbitant amounts. There is not a day that we do not have news about billion-dollar investments in some data center or agreements between the main protagonist companies. And the most curious thing about that is that a lot is being invested in something that does not yet exist. Goal, for example, ends to buy graphics cards from NVIDIA for a data center not yet built. AND NVIDIA depends on Samsung I sent him a memory that he still doesn’t have. But the wheel keeps turning and, as one of the SMIC bosses commentedthe big feature of China, “no one has really thought about what exactly those data centers will do, but companies would love to build the entire capacity of the next 10 years in just one or two years.” We’ll see who gets ahead. Image | Andrey Matveev In Xataka | There was only one way to lower the price of RAM: Samsung and SK Hynix have flatly refused

A tsunami that caused thousands of dead

July 30, 2025 by usatoday24

He Magnitude earthquake 8.8 Registered this morning on the Kamchatka Peninsula, it reminded many of the earthquake and subsequent Tsunami that devastated a segment of the Japanese western coast in 2011. However, to find a precedent closer to the recent event we have to go back further in time, as of November of the year 1952. Some precedents. Specifically to November 4, 1952at 18:58, Spanish peninsular time, 3:58 am in the Kamchatka Peninsula. It is estimated that this day, the failure that separates the Pacific and North America plates slid generating an earthquake of magnitude 9.0 (it must be taken into account that the logarithmic nature of the scale implies that the difference between both events could be remarkable). The event happened almost 73 years ago is maintained as the largest earthquake recorded in the region, although the archives of the United States Geological Service (USGS) also highlight an earthquake that occurred in 1923 that reached magnitude 8.4. Both the Today’s earthquake Like 1952 they had their OSONRO EPICENTROS (At a distance of only 30 kilometers from each other), unlike the one that occurred in 1923, whose epicenter was in the coast of the Peninsula. The consequences of an earthquake. The 1952 earthquake was not only the largest registered in the region, it was also the fifth largest earthquake measured by the instruments of the geologists. This event also unleashed a powerful tsunami with waves of up to 12 meters captured on the nearby Paramushir Island. The NCEI records (National Centers for Environmental Information), body responsible for preserving data and geophysical information of US institutions, indicate that the 1952 event cost the lives of between 4,000 and 14,000 people, with estimates that place the number in about 10,000 deaths. Despite its magnitude, there is no direct record of direct damages cause of the earth movement in itself. As on other occasions, it was the posterior tsunami that wreaked havoc: the estimates of the NCEI indicate that 99% of the victims of the event would have died as a result of the tsunami. More than earthquakes. Kamchatka is a geologically active region. In the environment in which the earthquakes of 1952 and this year were given, the Pacific plaque moves in the west-northwest direction, at a speed of about 80 mm a year with respect to the North American plate. This implies that between the two earthquakes the plates moved about six meters, Remember the USGS. Proof of the geological activity of the region are also the numerous volcanoes located in the Peninsula. The volcanoes of the region They are still active (As you have seen during the last incident), but also make up an interesting ecosystem that led Unesco to include them in your list of the World Heritage. In Xataka | Uploading to a roof in case of Tsunami only makes sense in one place: in Japan they take us decades of advantage Image | USGS / US Navy

That another tsunami reaches the coasts of Japan

July 30, 2025 by usatoday24

The west of the Pacific has witnessed this morning of a great earthquake with epicenter off the coasts of the Kamchatka Peninsula. While for now there have been no victims, numerous areas of the Pacific coast They have activated alerts for the risk of tsunami. Among them, the densely populated coasts of Japan, where alert can bring memories of what lived in 2011. The earthquake. The earthquake, of magnitude 8.8occurred around 11:25 at local time, or 1:25, Spanish peninsular time (23:25 UTC). After the central event there have been a series of replicas in the area, one of which It has reached magnitude 6.9. The last replica detected by the United States Geological Service (USGS) has occurred at 12:13, Spanish time (22:13 local time), and has been a movement with magnitude 5.2. The event also had its precedents: the area had registered a high seismicity in the previous 10 days. A few hours earlier, at 4:59 PM, Spanish peninsular time (02:59 local time), A movement was recorded of magnitude 4.8 in the coastal region. The earthquake and its replicas have occur More than 180,000 inhabitants) and capital of the administrative region in which the Peninsula is located. Magnitude 8.8. Today’s has been the largest earthquake recorded from the earthquake Magnitude 9 which caused in 2011 a tsunami that swept part of the east coast of Japan. There is one Inverse relationship between the magnitude of an earthquake and the probability of being such an event. For example, the earthquakes of magnitude 8 occur, on average, once a year, while in an average year we can expect that some 1,500 earthquakes of magnitude 5 will occur globally. We do not know exactly how much energy the event has released, But based on USGS data We can estimate that it could be the equivalent of more than 7 billion tons of TNT. A new tsunami? The earthquake has activated alarms throughout the Pacific coast but especially in neighboring Japan. The coast of the Asian country is still under different levels of alert by Tsunami: about two million people have been calls to evacuate your residence or work areas due to risk which implies sea level rise. According to The local media reports Japan Timestowards the end of the afternoon waves of up to 1.3 meters had been recorded, but the country is still on alert since the waves can reach three meters. This implies an important risk for people, goods and infrastructure, but is far from the 40 meters of tsunami that swept the country’s coast in 2011. Another reassuring factor is that the distance from the earthquake has given the authorities time to react and avoid major problems. The Fire Ring. Both the earthquake and tsunami of 2011 and today have occurred in The so -called “Fire Ring”a region of high seismic activity that surrounds the Pacific Ocean. This is a meeting region between the Pacific tectonic plate and the surrounding plates. Throughout this border region there are numerous failures in which this meeting is particularly dynamic, causing high seismicity and high volcanism. An active peninsula. According to Explain the USGSin the area where the match has occurred, the peaceful plaque moves to the west-northwest with respect to the American plate with a speed of about 80 mm per year. Fruit of the high seismicity of this environment, the Kamchatca Peninsula has an abundant amount of volcanoes. Volcanoes that, located in a remote and relatively depopulated area, make up a natural place whose uniqueness led Unesco to add them to your list of the World Heritage. In Xataka | China will resurrect the technology that was believed a legend: the eight dragons that detect the lands of the earth Image | USGS

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