US PC shipments to fall 13% as memory costs surge
… The latest forecast from research and advisory biz Omdia is that memory and storage costs will see at least a 60 percent increase during Q1 2026, which is now drawing to a close. …
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… Thank you. - G.Skill Memory manufacturer G.Skill has issued a statement regarding the same on its official website, citing the root cause for this sudden surge in prices and why it is now selling memory for higher prices. …
Samsung Q1 2026 Results Driven by AI Memory Demand Surge - 50x Memory profits
… The mobile division reported declining profitability, primarily due to rising component costs linked to increased memory pricing. …
The high-end Legion Go 2's price surges to almost $3,000
… The 32GB/1TB version is still available and costs $2,000 at Best Buy , a notable jump above its initial price of $1,350 the 16GB/1TB configuration costs $1,500 at Best Buy . Lenovo hasn't released a statement regarding this notable price increase, but it's likely tied to the ongoing memory shortage. …
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Laptop Prices Expected To Rise By 40% As Memory And CPU Prices Continue To Soar
… TrendForce Forecasts 40% Price Hike for Mainstream Notebooks as Memory and CPU Availability and Pricing Worsen While desktop memory prices seem to have somewhat stabilized in some parts of the world, we have seen a rapid surge in laptop memory costs. …
Meta blames RAM shortage for $100 Quest 3 price hike
… Accessories will keep their current prices. “We’re making this change because the cost of building high-performance VR hardware has risen significantly,” according to Meta. “The global surge in the price of critical components — specifically memory chips — is impacting almost every category of cons… …
AMD Delivers Blowout Q1 2026 Earnings on Surging AI Data Center Demand
… The sobering news as it pertains to gaming is that AI is gobbling up so many memory and storage chips, which in turn is driving up costs. Dr. Su acknowledged that higher memory and component costs will impact second half demand in gaming. …