… Omdia reports much the same, putting the Q1 rise in shipments at 3 percent to 64.8 million units, supported by "vendors and channel partners pulling orders forward ahead of a widely anticipated increase in component costs." "With supply-chain pressures still building, Q1's modest growth is likely t… …
… This is expected to slow to 2.1 percent this year, as supply constraints and pricing pressures linked to the AI market affect hardware availability elsewhere. …
… MORE CONTEXT US PC shipments to fall 13% as memory and storage crunch hits budget systems RAM is getting expensive, so squeeze the most from it HPE tweaks T&Cs so the price it quotes may not be the price you pay PCs and phones to get more boring and expensive in 2026 thanks to memory drought That p… …
… But if profit only tracks in line, the obvious question is how much of that extra growth gets absorbed by memory costs or pricing pressure." Raspberry Pi's results will please shareholders, and its product pipeline appears solid. …