Written by Russell Bristow Memory prices have risen by 50% to 200% this year, and the lead times attached to that memory now run from nine months to eighteen. For a CIO trying to stand up an AI project, that combination changes the buying decision as well as the bill.

AI inference is moving closer to the places where data is created. Cameras, factory equipment, vehicles, laptops, branch systems and other connected devices can now run increasingly capable models without sending every request to a public cloud service.