Consumer & Server CPUs will face severe shortages, and are expected to see price hikes till the third quarter of 2026. AMD & Intel CPUs For Consumers & Servers Are Getting More Expensive, AI Is To Blame We have reported how the Agentic AI surge is resulting in demand shifting from GPUs to CPUs . …
… There isn't any PC segment that isn't affected by the current AI infrastructure buildout, and modern-day CPUs, RAMs, and GPUs are now reported to witness massive price hikes in the near future. …
… In Q4 2025, PC memory prices first saw hikes of around 35% while NAND prices soared by 20%. This was a smaller increase than the server market, which was seeing prices blow up by 76% for memory and 60% for NAND. …
There is no end in sight to the relentless memory 'chipflation,' with Samsung pursuing aggressive price hikes for server- and mobile-critical LPDDR modules for the third consecutive quarter of the ongoing year, entailing devastating consequences for the wider consumer electronics industry. …
… The AI demand keeps gobbling up all the DRAM and NAND storage drives for the AI servers, while consumers receive them at 4-5X higher prices. That said, the report also suggests that NVIDIA will likely keep prices stagnant, at least for now, and there are no price hikes in the coming months. …
… Intel's CPU Price Hikes Could Go Up To 30% This Year Alone, Driven By Enterprise Demand CPU shortages are a new trouble brewing for gamers that has arrived with the AI infrastructure buildout, and sadly enough, the effects are already being seen in the retail market. …
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… GPU prices continue to soar as we witness more expensive memory due to the AI boom. Almost every major memory maker has prioritized fulfilling the demands of AI servers, while the mainstream consumer market continues to suffer from sky-high prices. …
… Intel's Broader Consumer CPU Offerings Could See Extensive Price Hikes, Yet Again Driven By AI CPU manufacturers are currently in the industry spotlight as AI moves towards inference, where CPU-dependent workloads are gaining greater importance. …