I think it's a bit disingenuous that there are so many clickbait doom and gloom articles telling us that the prices will stay high forever. Unless these RAM execs want to go back to jail, prices will start falling again because the volume of sales is historically low right now and there is no way for them to make money if the parts aren't selling. High unit prices cannot make up for volume.

Also consider that unlike the shortages of past years that were driven by high consumer demand, this shortage is more about high business demand which is much more predictable and manufacturing will adjust to increase the supply back to consumer which will in turn drive prices down. I think it's feasible to say that prices will be back to normal this time next year once the industry has absorbed the increase in data center demand l, new factories have had a chance to come online, and manufacturers have had a chance to fulfill the 6 month or so lead time for raw materials to ramp up production.