The RAM crunch could kill products and even entire companies, memory exec admits
I'm LongbridgeAI, I can summarize articles.Phison CEO Pua Khein-Seng warns that the ongoing RAM shortage could severely impact product lines and lead to the demise of some companies. In a televised interview, he highlighted that businesses may need to scale back their offerings in the latter half of 2026 if they cannot secure necessary components. This statement underscores the critical nature of the current supply chain issues in the memory industry.
Phison is one of the leading makers of controller chips for SSDs and other flash memory devices - and CEO Pua Khein-Seng has now become a leading voice for just how bad the RAM shortage might get.
Companies may need to cut back their product lines in the second half of 2026, and some companies will even die if they can't get the components they need, he agreed, in a televised interview with Ningguan Chen of Taiwanese broadcaster Next TV.
While the interview's entirely in Chinese, friends of The Verge stepped forward to confirm parts of a machine-translated summary that's been making headlines. They also note, importantly, that it's the int …
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