AI is gobbling up the world’s memory chips, sending smartphone prices to record highs, report says

A global shortage in memory chips sparked by artificial intelligence has dealt a “tsunami-like shock” to the smartphone industry, pushing prices to all-time highs, according to a new report.

How are PC, smartphone makers handling memory chip shortage?

Memory now accounts for 35% of the materials required to build a PC, up from roughly 15%–18% previously. Chief financial officer Karen Parkhill said memory costs increased roughly 100% sequentially ...
PCMag

Smartphone Makers Brace for 'Largest Decline Ever' Amid Memory Crunch

IDC predicts an eye-popping 12.9% drop in smartphone shipments for 2026 and suggests the average selling price could reach a record $523. Gartner has a similarly gloomy outlook.
Electronic Design

So... What if THAT Analog Computer was Cheaper than a Smartphone? (Part 1)

A “cheap as chips” open-source Analog Computer can run circles around a Raspberry Pi in solving differential equations and for simulating natural phenomena. To keep costs down, the Anabrid team ...
The Economist

Will the smartphone survive the AI age?

WHEN LAURENE POWELL JOBS during a recent interview asked Sam Altman and Sir Jony Ive about the artificial-intelligence “thing” they were working on, both men were coy. But Mr Altman, OpenAI’s boss, ...