Can we really credit this entirely to the increased efficiency of iPads? There are lots of usages of RAM--now people carry around cell phones with more RAM than before. And data centers can make use of tons of RAM--the main constraint is its price.

Maybe this is actually a result of bad general macroeconomic conditions. Nobody wants to spend too much money, whether it's consumers or people setting up data centers. That's always been the case, but we're poorer than before now, and RAM is one of those things that you can cut down on, or stop increasing as quickly on.

This news is unfortunate.