Memory loss: As AI gobbles up chips, prices for devices may rise

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8. Not just RAM prices.

Fast storage in the form of NVMe sticks have gone up too.
Like, double or more.

Chip makers are shifting production to those parts needed for data and AI mega-centres, so even electronic goods manufacturers like phone makers feel the effect.

Result?
Home DIY people hold back the urge to buy the latest, and give older machines a bit of a dust off and start using them again.

It may well be a repeat of the car market during COVID.
People who were regular updaters found what they wanted was too expensive or not available, so they made do with what they had.
When supplies became available again, many people just couldn't be bothered.

Maybe 2027 will see a glut of cheap components in the consumer market.