AI systems are mass tracking and buying DDR5 memory modules, causing shortages. Bots send millions of requests, complicating access for regular buyers and heating up the market.
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Artificial intelligence systems have begun mass tracking and buying up DDR5 memory modules, creating additional shortages in the market. According to analysts at Galileo, automated bots visit online store pages for memory modules six times more frequently than real users.
During one identified campaign, specialists blocked over 10 million automated requests. Analysis showed that in just one hour, bots sent around 50,000 requests to 91 pages with DDR5 listings. This means each product listing was checked, on average, over 550 times per hour—essentially, a new request arrived roughly every few seconds.
The monitoring is nearly continuous, with minimal breaks for technical pauses. What's more, the algorithms are interested not just in gaming modules with heatsinks and RGB lighting, but also in industrial-grade memory. Even components for motherboard manufacturers, including DIMM sockets, are under surveillance.
Experts note that this level of automated system activity complicates access to products for regular buyers. Mass purchases by bots exacerbate component shortages and further heat up the memory market.