Rise in memory chip costs puts pressure on retailers of laptops and smartphones

As the global race for AI moves forward, a shortage of memory chips has begun to drive up prices of consumer electronics and ...

The memory chip crunch is paying off for this U.S. company

Revenue quadrupled to $41.45 billion compared with the same period a year ago. The company's profit, meanwhile, rose from ...
PCMag

MacBooks Are the Latest Victim of the Memory Shortage. Here's Why Laptop Prices Keep Rising

Memory costs have exploded in 2026, leading Apple and other computing giants to jack up laptop prices. Against that backdrop, ...

AI’s Hidden Cost: The Global Memory Shortage Threat To Affordable Tech

AI-driven memory demand is squeezing global supply, raising device costs and threatening affordable smartphone ...

The memory shortage is driving up the cost of laptops

Memory chip costs are up as AI companies gobble up the hot commodity. Consumer electronics companies like Dell and HP are ...
Houston Chronicle

The memory chip crisis rages on. Besides your wallet, here are some of the casualties.

Since late last year, I’ve been warning potential buyers of consumer tech to make their moves sooner rather than later. That’s because the price of gear has been increasing at an alarming rate thanks ...
NewsBytes

Apple may skip high-end M6 chips amid soaring memory costs

Apple may forego M6 Pro, Max, and Ultra chips due to soaring memory costs, redirecting its focus toward the M7 lineup and ...

Nvidia unveils RTX Spark computer chip with up to 20 cores, RTX 5070 GPU and 128GB RAM

Nvidia's new superchip combines a 3nm ARM design with proper RTX graphics and is aimed at running local AI agents. Nvidia ...
SlashGear

This YouTuber Made Computer RAM At Home, But Proved It's A Crushingly Complex Task

Can you make RAM at home? Technically, yes. One person, YouTuber Dr. Semiconductor, has done it, but it's unlikely the rest of us are about to get around the current out-of-control RAM prices by ...