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Subscribe to our newsletter Many businesses around the world use classic PCs to run machinery or handle inventory, simply because you don't need a latest-generation processor to churn out a bit of code.

Eventually, though, they will fail, but what happens when new prices for parts are sky-high because of the global memory crisis? According to one source, it means at least one motherboard maker will be turning back the clock to 2013 and releasing a fresh DDR3-powered board.That's according to Videocardz, which has reported that there's a dire shortage of DDR3 motherboards on the market at the moment, but Chinese mobo and graphics card manufacturer, Colorful, is planning to plug that gap a bit.Ordinarily, none of this would be a problem, because businesses would just get something a little newer, a CPU and motherboard combination that uses DDR4 or DDR5 DRAM, for example ## Editor's Note The implications of this news could be significant for the industry. Source: [PC Gamer](https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/motherboards/looks-like-ddr3-motherboards-are-back-on-the-menu-boys-though-only-to-keep-older-pcs-going-a-bit-longer-during-the-rampocalypse/)