The Vergecast RAM Holiday Spec-Tacular
The Vergecast
- Published
- December 23, 2025
- Duration
- 1h 26m
- Summary source
- description
- Last updated
- Jun 7, 2026
Discusses The world runs on RAM, and RAM is harder than ever to get your hands on. What’s happening here? Ever…
Summary
The world runs on RAM, and RAM is harder than ever to get your hands on. What’s happening here? Every year, the Vergecast team spends the holiday season going deep on a single spec or technology, and this year it’s all about Random Access Memory. (No, that’s not a Daft Punk album.) Nilay, David, and Sean Hollister explain what RAM is, why it matters, how …
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The world runs on RAM, and RAM is harder than ever to get your hands on. What’s happening here? Every year, the Vergecast team spends the holiday season going deep on a single spec or technology, and this year it’s all about Random Access Memory. (No, that’s not a Daft Punk album.) Nilay, David, and Sean Hollister explain what RAM is, why it matters, how it became a precious commodity, and what it means for the future of chips around the world. We also play some games. We do… okay at the games.