Apple iPhones could also get a price hike
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As the global race for AI moves forward, a shortage of memory chips has begun to drive up prices of consumer electronics and may lead to product shortages.
Memory costs have exploded in 2026, leading Apple and other computing giants to jack up laptop prices. Against that backdrop, here’s how to save on a new PC this year.
The race to build AI data centers is leading to a global shortage of memory chips, driving up the cost of personal electronics.
Revenue quadrupled to $41.45 billion compared with the same period a year ago. The company's profit, meanwhile, rose from $1.88 billion to an incredible $28.2 billion year-over-year.
Memory chip costs are up as AI companies gobble up the hot commodity. Consumer electronics companies like Dell and HP are raising prices.
A Micron plant in New York is years behind schedule for all the reasons you’d expect.
President Donald Trump’s ambiguous plans for 100% tariffs on computer chips that aren’t made in the U.S. are stoking confusion among businesses
Earnings jumped 1,200% in the latest quarter, as AI continues to remake the memory business.
