Now, ASUS has announced price hikes for some of its products, and you can already guess the reason. ASUS Officially Announces Price Hikes For Its Products, Citing Higher DRAM And SSD Prices We saw it coming since a few manufacturers have already announced price hikes for their products. …
… "Whether it's a smartwatch or a phone, it's all coming out of the same overall availability." Consumer cost We're now starting to see the price pressures faced by hardware manufacturers being passed onto consumers. …
… Ultimately, the memory imbalance is reshaping not only pricing but the pace of innovation itself, forcing device makers to navigate shortages during intense competitive pressure. …
… Low-end wholesale price $800 : Flagships are going to face dual cost pressures from high-capacity memory and 2nm flagship SoCs. …
… Of course, the prices of the older DDR4 chips are under pressure at the moment. …
… That server-side pressure eventually lands in the consumer aisle. As memory gets more expensive, device-makers may raise prices, trim memory or storage, delay new models or do a mix of all three. "At the end of the day, prices are going up for consumers, whether they like it or not," Ubrani says. …
… The broader memory market continues facing pressure from AI accelerator demand and HBM production constraints, contributing to elevated DRAM pricing across the PC industry. …
… And even then, pent-up demand may absorb any gains without significantly easing prices. …
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… ASUS & Other PC Vendors Are Running Out Of Their DRAM Stockpile, Leading Them to Aggressively Hike Prices The PC industry has been under pressure ever since memory shortages became prevalent, yet vendors have shown restraint in raising product prices, given that they had been relying on stockpiles … …
