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TSMC is reportedly hiking prices for 'all advanced nodes,' accounting for 74% of the company’s wafer business — Nvidia, AMD, Apple, Qualcomm, and others will face higher wafer costs

… Wei said customers remained positive on the AI demand outlook, while also acknowledging cost pressures and the widening gap between chip demand and available manufacturing capacity. …

Jun 24, 2026 · Etiido Uko

Intel tells PC makers to adopt 18A CPUs or lose their supply, report claims — Intel 7 supply dries up, pressuring notebook and PC manufacturers in the US, China, and Taiwan

… Counterpoint Research analyst Brady Wang said that demand continues to outpace supply, and that some of that pressure may be offset by weakening PC demand overall. …

May 19, 2026 · Luke James

60% of PC gamers have no plans to build a new PC in the next two years — AI pricing crunch on RAM and other components paralyze enthusiast market

… DRAM supply and pricing pressure are also impacting graphics cards, which are succumbing to shortages and pricing increases to match the heady heights of the bitcoin mining frenzy. …

May 16, 2026 · Stephen Warwick

Memory price surge begins to cool as consumers hit affordability limit — AI demand still keeps DRAM and NAND prices climbing through Q3 2026

… Consumer markets appear to paint a very different picture. Notebook manufacturers are expected to keep replenishing inventories, but higher memory costs are gradually feeding through into retail pricing , a trend TrendForce believes could weigh on PC shipments for the rest of the year. …

Jul 4, 2026 · Etiido Uko

Executives are cutting jobs for an AI future that hasn't fully arrived yet, even as productivity gains remain difficult to prove — data neither confirms nor refutes an AI unemployment apocalypse

… As an increasing number of companies now believe AI will allow smaller teams to do more, even uncertain productivity gains are influencing hiring plans. The powerful technology is arriving in companies already under pressure to cut costs, demonstrate growth, and satisfy investors. …

Jun 8, 2026 · Etiido Uko

32GB of DDR5 now costs $375 minimum — AI shortage continues to squeeze PC building

… As the AI frenzy has taken hold, retailers far and wide have been pumping up their RAM prices to exorbitant levels. However, there's so much fluctuation and noise that average pricing is now something of a ludicrous fugazi. …

Jun 3, 2026 · Stephen Warwick

Three major PC makers now using Chinese memory to fight 'unprecedented memory shortage,' report claims — HP, Asus, and Acer using 'small amounts' of CXMT chips in limited number of notebooks for non-US market

… Ironically, Nikkei reports a source who claims that CXMT's memory pricing is not actually any cheaper than the aforementioned three major players, stating, "Their DRAM is definitely no cheaper than the likes of Samsung." As such, it's possible that reports of the likes of HP turning to CXMT may pur… …

Aug 4, 2026 · Stephen Warwick

AI costs spike as subscriptions hit pricing wall — firms turn towards Chinese LLMs, open-source models to extend budget

… Go deeper with TH Premium: AI shortages AI data centers are swallowing the world's memory and storage supply Chip scarcity assaults auto industry amid the worsening Nexperia and DRAM crisis Samsung and SK hynix shorten memory contracts as pricing power shifts back to suppliers Memory makers are set… …

Jun 13, 2026 · Jowi Morales

Google goes cash flow negative for the first time as AI data center buildout increases capex to a staggering $44.9 billion in a single quarter — CFO warns that capex will increase in 2027 as company banks big on TPUs

… Ashkenazi said free cash flow "will remain under pressure" and confirmed capex will rise significantly again in 2027, so the question the next few quarters will answer isn't whether Alphabet returns to positive territory in any given period, but whether operating cash flow, up 41% year over year in… …

Jul 28, 2026 · Luke James

8GB of RAM is back on laptops — companies are lowering memory offerings to make affordable notebooks during component crisis