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AI investment continues to drive chip shortage

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

Why is there a RAM shortage? AI demand and the mad scramble for memory chips could hit where it hurts

There's only so much RAM to go around, and with data centers seen as the priority, smartphone and laptop makers may have to ...

Chip shortages threaten 20% rise in consumer electronics prices

Consumer electronics makers including Dell, Lenovo, Raspberry Pi and Xiaomi have warned that chip shortages were likely to ...
DIGITIMES

Acer adopts multi-tier strategy amid ongoing memory chip shortage disrupting PC market

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

Micron and Samsung Deplete Inventory as AI Creates Consumer Memory Shortage

Memory chip prices surge 50% in Q1 2026 as AI demand exhausts supply. Micron, Samsung, SK Hynix sold out while laptop and ...

Paying more for a computer? Blame it on AI.

The AI boom is driving a shortage of computer memory chips, which will lead to higher prices for PCs and smartphones in 2026.

Prices of smartphones, computers and home appliances could jump by 20% this year amid chip shortages

Prices of smartphones, computers and home appliances could jump by 20 per cent this year, consumers have been warned, as ...
Bloomberg L.P.

The Computer Chip Shortage Is Back, Only Now It's Political

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 ...
WXYZ

Commerce Department warns that computer chip shortage could shut down factories

WASHINGTON — The U.S. supply of computer chips has fallen to alarmingly low levels, raising the prospect of factory shutdowns, according to the Commerce Department. On Tuesday, the department said ...