Apple to hike prices as chip shortage bites
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Memory chip costs are up as AI companies gobble up the hot commodity. Consumer electronics companies like Dell and HP are raising prices.
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CPU shortage is 'getting more serious day by day, no less than the memory chip situation'
A week ago or so, I flagged a report claiming that CPUs about to become the next chip class walloped by an AI-instigated shortage and spiralling prices. Now another source is making essentially the same claim but this time via at least two gaming PC maker.
A coalition of nine trade associations sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on June 3, 2026, warning that a memory chip shortage due to AI data center expansion threatens to raise costs for consumer ...
AI's rapid expansion increases demand for high-performance memory, especially HBM, leading to supply shortages and price hikes across the industry. Shifting focus to HBM fabrication risks causing shortages in traditional memory like DRAM, impacting devices ...
It’s nice to hide away in our little corner of the internet and talk tech, safely away from the turmoil of world events. Sometimes though, geopolitics intrude even into our space, and Reuters are here reporting on a new concern that will probably affect ...
President Donald Trump’s ambiguous plans for 100% tariffs on computer chips that aren’t made in the U.S. are stoking confusion among businesses
