IIRC a lot of the initial DDR5 shortage was caused by short supply of the PMICs that are now included on each DIMM (where previous generations had the voltage r

IIRC a lot of the initial DDR5 shortage was caused by short supply of the PMICs that are now included on each DIMM (where previous generations had the voltage regulation on the motherboard). I haven't heard anything recently about that issue. AMD has announced that their new generation of desktop processors launching in the fall will use DDR5 exclusively, while Intel's current desktop processors can use DDR5 or DDR4 depending on the motherboard. So memory manufacturers should be preparing for a sharp increase in DDR5 demand instead of it just being a premium option.