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01 Sep 2026, 1:06 PM	The Register	4.5	If hardware price squeezes make you sad, VMware says it will all end in tiers VMware is expanding its memory tiering technology—introduced in Cloud Foundation 9 and refined in VCF 9.1 for database workloads—because DRAM now costs several times more than the servers it sits in, driven by the AI boom. Dave Morera, staff technical marketing architect, outlined a 2-3 year roadmap with VCF 9.2 likely arriving around May 2027, aiming to push beyond the current ~75% workload support by adding Microsoft Radius and 'monster VMs' with up to 960 vCPUs and 16TB of memory. Why: If you run VMware Cloud Foundation and are deferring server purchases due to RAM costs, VCF 9.1's database-tiering improvements and dashboards are available now to help densify existing hosts. Everyone else should note that DRAM pricing pressure from AI demand is structural, not transient—budget for higher memory costs in infrastructure planning through at least 2027. vmware memory-tiering infrastructure hardware-costs broadcom

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01 Sep 2026, 1:06 PM

The Register

4.5

If hardware price squeezes make you sad, VMware says it will all end in tiers

VMware is expanding its memory tiering technology—introduced in Cloud Foundation 9 and refined in VCF 9.1 for database workloads—because DRAM now costs several times more than the servers it sits in, driven by the AI boom. Dave Morera, staff technical marketing architect, outlined a 2-3 year roadmap with VCF 9.2 likely arriving around May 2027, aiming to push beyond the current ~75% workload support by adding Microsoft Radius and 'monster VMs' with up to 960 vCPUs and 16TB of memory.

Why: If you run VMware Cloud Foundation and are deferring server purchases due to RAM costs, VCF 9.1's database-tiering improvements and dashboards are available now to help densify existing hosts. Everyone else should note that DRAM pricing pressure from AI demand is structural, not transient—budget for higher memory costs in infrastructure planning through at least 2027.