The US government has banned all consumer routers from foreign countries, and things look dire
… Citing foreign supply-chain risks and backdoors; the move may hike prices as users panic-buy routers. …
The truth is that almost every major router vendor uses offshore router production, and nine times out of ten, these devices simply aren't built in the United States. Global supply chains have existed and been cemented for decades now, and moving production to the United States at the same scale within the course of a year is simply not possible for the major vendors. As such, while companies like TP-Link and Asus have stated that they're confident in their devices' security, they haven't particularly mentioned anything about onshore production. In the meantime, however, it does not mean that
The FCC's router ban could make these router brands a risky bet in the future… Citing foreign supply-chain risks and backdoors; the move may hike prices as users panic-buy routers. …
… Under intense supply-chain scrutiny. …
… Related A popular Python library just became a backdoor to your entire machine Supply chain attacks feel like they're becoming more and more common. …
… Gartner Senior Director Ranjit Atwal warned that the sub-$500 PC market will " disappear by 2028 ." With the global memory supply still unable to keep pace with demand , it seems like the pricing crisis may only be the beginning of consumers' problems . …
… Consumers get time to actually use the hardware they have, evaluate what they really need from an upgrade, and let the supply chain work through its current chaos. …
… Memory shortages, AI demand, and absurd pricing have completely reshaped what a "budget" or "mid-range" GPU even means today. So instead of pushing newer cards into a broken supply chain, Nvidia seems to be doing something unexpected: reviving the RTX 3060. …
… Mainstream processors have already absorbed consecutive price hikes, and supply chain reports indicate that this squeeze may tighten.
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… All that is a direct result of the explosive growth in the AI sector, which is putting immense pressure on the same supply chains the PC industry relies on. …
… This time, it's not a global pandemic, crypto boom, or supply chain crisis, but an unprecedented demand for AI compute that has made PC hardware unaffordable for the masses. …