… "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. …
… Every wafer dedicated to HBM production is one not used for DDR memory which resides in consumer devices. …
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… Similarly, in the NAND industry, one can anticipate that prices for consumer storage devices, such as SSDs, will rise dramatically, especially for models with higher storage capacities. …
… "This plan has thus far succeeded, as consumer purchasers of conventional DRAM and devices incorporating it have paid supracompetitive prices and have otherwise suffered the impacts of a distorted market crippled by the behavior of DRAM oligopolists," the filing states. …
… For consumers shopping on a budget, that means paying more for less — or settling for devices that feel increasingly compromised. …
… For suppliers, the gigantic demand is indeed a huge bonus, but for the average consumer, it would be more accurate to say that the DRAM shortage is a 'nightmare', especially since it will affect the prices of associated consumer devices. …
… According to the filing via AppleInsider , the three named companies shifted manufacturing capacity away from DRAM modules such as DDR3 and DDR4 — that is, the type of memory used in phones, computers, tablets and other consumer devices — towards HBM, which is used in artificial intelligence AI dat… …
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… The lists of industry and geopolitical events that continue to grow is making decision‑making—and even survival in some sectors—nearly impossible. - Ryan Reith, Group VP, Devices and Consumer The report notes that manufacturers are deploying countermeasures to address the situation, with one of the… …