AI companies’ need for a once obscure and affordable type of microchip threatens to drive up prices of all electronics—and ...

AI is causing a memory shortage. Why producers aren’t rushing to make a lot more. The world needs a lot more memory chips and ...

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As big tech companies race to build massive data centers to support AI, demand for specialized memory chips has surged. This ...

Honda has postponed the reopening of a plant in China and manufacturers of consumer electronics are warning of price ...

As AI companies snap up memory chips, smartphone and PC makers face higher costs and tighter supply — which could lead to higher prices for consumers.

As for the PC market, several of the leading vendors have already warned of cost increases for the second half of 2026, IDC said. Lenovo, Dell, HP, Acer, and ASUS have all pointed to 15-20% price ...

The supply shortage of the RAM needed to build phones and PCs isn’t going away. But a few companies have a plan to solve it.

The persistent memory chip shortage, which has persisted from 2025 into 2026, continues to challenge the PC industry, ...

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Lionel Laurent is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist writing about the future of money and the future of Europe. Previously, he was a reporter for Reuters and Forbes. The Senkaku Paradox describes how ...

As AI companies snap up memory chips, smartphone and PC makers face higher costs and tighter supply. IDC projected a 2026 contraction of the global smartphone market of up to 5.2%, and up to a 8.9% ...