AI Inference Continues to Drive Up Storage Demand
BenBajarin · x · 2026-07-11
The shared view suggests that even with new cleanroom capacities coming online in the next few years, demand for memory and storage will not drop significantly.
The author emphasizes:
- Enterprise and consumer AI applications heavily rely on memory and storage for large-scale inference
- Even with improved viability of Chinese storage products, it is unlikely to immediately alleviate the demand pressure
- At the industry level, a more fundamental issue remains: insufficient wafer capacity, meaning supply simply cannot keep up with demand
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