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

There’s only so much RAM to go around, and with data centers seen as the priority, smartphone and laptop makers may have to ...

Honda has postponed the reopening of a plant in China and manufacturers of consumer electronics are warning of price ...

As for the PC market, several of the leading vendors have already warned of cost increases for the second half of 2026, IDC said. Lenovo, Dell, HP, Acer, and ASUS have all pointed to 15-20% price ...

The supply shortage of the RAM needed to build phones and PCs isn’t going away. But a few companies have a plan to solve it.

As devices from toys to cars get smarter at the Consumer Electronics Show, gadget makers are grappling with a shortage of ...

The chip shortage was supposed to be yesterday’s problem, but as the holiday shopping season hits with prices higher than expected, it’s clear the fix is taking longer than anyone hoped. The 2020–2023 ...

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% ...

Lionel Laurent is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist writing about the future of money and the future of Europe. Previously, he was a reporter for Reuters and Forbes. The Senkaku Paradox describes how ...

The AI boom is driving a shortage of computer memory chips, which will lead to higher prices for PCs and smartphones in 2026.

Google has reportedly dismissed several procurement executives after failing to secure essential high-bandwidth memory (HBM) for its AI hardware. Amid a global shortage, the company faced significant ...