The AI race is causing a memory chip shortage — and that's bad news for the smartphone and PC industries

As AI companies snap up memory chips, smartphone and PC makers face higher costs and tighter supply — which could lead to ...
ConsumerAffairs

Demand for AI chips could raise prices for consumer tech

Surging demand for artificial intelligence chips is straining global semiconductor supply chains Chipmakers are prioritizing ...
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Taiwanese chipmaker TSMC sees nearly 40% jump in its net profit thanks to the AI boom

HONG KONG(AP) — Taiwan’s leading computer chip maker, TSMC, said Thursday that its net profit surged nearly 40% in the last quarter, boosted by the surge in use of artificial intelligence. Taiwan ...

Chip shortages threaten 20% rise in consumer electronics prices

Consumer electronics makers including Dell, Lenovo, Raspberry Pi and Xiaomi have warned that chip shortages were likely to ...
Wall Street Journal

Memory-Chip Makers Are Enjoying a Boom to Remember, Thanks to AI

SEOUL—The notoriously volatile memory-chip industry is entering an extended boom period thanks to artificial-intelligence business with the likes of Nvidia and OpenAI.
U.S. News & World Report

Analysis-Chip Crunch: How the AI Boom Is Stoking Prices of Less Trendy Memory

SEOUL (Reuters) -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 ...
AOL

Nexperia says it is negotiating with both US, China over export controls

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -Dutch computer chip maker Nexperia said on Tuesday it is facing export restrictions from both the U.S. and Chinese governments, showing how the firm is being squeezed between the ...
Wall Street Journal

Memory-Chip Makers Boom Thanks to AI

That's the estimated revenue that DRAM, a major type of memory chip, will generate next year, a record haul and more than four times as much as in 2023, according to research firm TrendForce. The ...