AI companies’ need for a once obscure and affordable type of microchip threatens to drive up prices of all electronics—and ...

The global memory chip shortage is deepening in early 2026, as relentless AI-driven demand strains supply chains and begins to reshape market winners and losers, Oxford Economics warns.

The global rush by chipmakers to produce AI chips is tightening supply of less glamorous chips used in smartphones, computers and servers, spurring panic buying by some customers and a surge in their ...

The world has a memory problem, thanks to artificial intelligence. The explosion in AI-related cloud computing and data centers has led to so much demand for certain types of memory chips that now ...

SK Hynix plans to accelerate the opening of a new factory by three months and will also begin operating another new plant in ...

As AI companies snap up memory chips, smartphone and PC makers face higher costs and tighter supply. IDC projected a 2026 contraction of the global smartphone market of up to 5.2%, and up to a 8.9% ...

Modern computers struggle to match the efficiency of the human brain. Even recognizing handwritten digits can consume significant energy, largely ...

Forget inflation. The AI ​​DRAM (memory) chip crisis is causing "RAM shrinkflation," with smartphone prices increasing in ...