With the AI giants devouring the market for memory chips, PC prices are set to skyrocket. Here's what I think laptop shoppers ...

Storage is the next PC component that's expected to go the way of memory (high prices, no availability), but there's still time to buy drives as low as $0.08/GB.

A.I. companies are buying up memory chips, causing the prices of those components — which are also used in laptops and smartphones — to soar.

Micron, SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics — make up nearly the entire RAM market, and they're benefitting from this shortage.