Even Moore’s law can't save affordable tech

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  I'm Waylon Wong.

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  And I'm Darian Woods.

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  Steve Burke got into building computers when he was a teenager.

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  I built my first system when I was 15. So my dad took me to CompUSA, which is no longer in business.

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  RIP.

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  I remember going to CompUSA with my dad.

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  Yeah, it was a good time.

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  Today, Steve runs a website called Gamers Nexus that covers the computer industry.

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  Over the decades, he's seen the cost of processors and memory and storage come way down.

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  But in the last year, the AI industry's demand for RAM or memory has sent prices skyrocketing.

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  Some products have doubled in price or more.

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  It's never been like this.

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  Right now, it's...

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  Such a huge spike that people are seeing it reflected in any consumer electronic that has memory,

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