At CES 2026, sleek new laptops dazzled—but soaring memory costs driven by AI chip demand threaten to make everyday PCs ...

Consumers in the US now face an additional danger in terms of factors that could seriously hike the price of laptops and PCs.

There’s only so much RAM to go around, and with data centers seen as the priority, smartphone and laptop makers may have to raise prices to compete. The stock prices of RAM and NAND manufacturers ...

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

After changing its requirements for high-bandwidth memory chips, Nvidia is close to certifying a new source for supplies.

When you can buy something at a low price in one location, and sell it at a higher price somewhere else, you’re engaged in what economists call “arbitrage”. We’re not sure ...

Nakato notes that Kioxia was attempting to increase its manufacturing capacity to meet the elevated demand, saying that it ...

On-package memory would've put Intel in a tough spot if not.

As tech giants continue hoarding memory chips to build their AI farms, and suppliers gleefully jack up their prices in turn, consumer-grade RAM is still laughably expensive – and SSDs, most of which ...

AI data center demand is diverting DRAM and NAND supply, pushing up prices for cameras, storage, PCs, and creative workflows ...

The explosion of artificial intelligence (AI) is causing a severe shortage of memory chips, forcing consumer electronics ...