: a computer logic circuit that produces an output which is the inverse of that of an AND circuit
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The skyrocketing price of DRAM and NAND may be what finally breaks the streak despite strong Galaxy S26 sales.
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ArsTechnica, 24 Apr. 2026
The ongoing memory shortage is driving up the costs of both RAM and NAND flash storage.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 25 Mar. 2026
And as Micron shifts production to HBM memory instead of the less lucrative DRAM and NAND memory used in PCs and smartphones, prices are rising all around.
—Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 19 Mar. 2026
Memory chips such as DRAM and NAND flash are critical components in laptops, affecting performance and storage capacity, and their prices have sharply increased with limited supply as chipmakers focus on manufacturing for AI applications.
—Akash Sriram, USA Today, 3 Mar. 2026
Powering through the memory shortage Memory costs — primarily referring to DRAM, or dynamic random access memory used for temporary, short-term semiconductor memory and NAND used for long-term storage — have soared over the past year due to rising compute needs from AI data centers.
—Pia Singh, CNBC, 29 Jan. 2026
Lam Research noted in its earnings call that NAND demand is growing faster than previously expected, driven by emerging use cases for high-capacity SSDs.
—Sasirekha Subramanian, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Samsung’s facility in China accounts for 30% of its NAND chips, one of two kinds of memory chips that don’t require power to store data.
—John Liu, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
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ArsTechnica, 24 Apr. 2026
The ongoing memory shortage is driving up the costs of both RAM and NAND flash storage.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 25 Mar. 2026
And as Micron shifts production to HBM memory instead of the less lucrative DRAM and NAND memory used in PCs and smartphones, prices are rising all around.
—Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 19 Mar. 2026
Memory chips such as DRAM and NAND flash are critical components in laptops, affecting performance and storage capacity, and their prices have sharply increased with limited supply as chipmakers focus on manufacturing for AI applications.
—Akash Sriram, USA Today, 3 Mar. 2026
Powering through the memory shortage Memory costs — primarily referring to DRAM, or dynamic random access memory used for temporary, short-term semiconductor memory and NAND used for long-term storage — have soared over the past year due to rising compute needs from AI data centers.
—Pia Singh, CNBC, 29 Jan. 2026
Lam Research noted in its earnings call that NAND demand is growing faster than previously expected, driven by emerging use cases for high-capacity SSDs.
—Sasirekha Subramanian, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Samsung’s facility in China accounts for 30% of its NAND chips, one of two kinds of memory chips that don’t require power to store data.
—John Liu, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
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“NAND.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/NAND. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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