RAMageddon: Lenovo and Dell tipped to raise prices soon As the RAM crisis worsens,major PC makers Dell, HP and Lenovo are prepping customers for price hikes. Tom’s Guide · Dec 5, 2025
Dell and Lenovo set to increase server and PC costs by as much as 15% as soon as this month, according to industry sources — DRAM and AI demand create tight market for businesses and consumers Artificial intelligence has seemingly put the entire PC industry in a chokehold, with even large manufacturers like Lenovo and Dell at the mercy of drying production lines. Lenovo has reportedly warned its clients to book orders before the next price hike on New Year's, while Dell is already considering a… Tom’s Hardware · Dec 5, 2025
It's not just RAM—SSDs could soon cost way more too, and it's all downhill from here Throw the GPUs in there too, why don't you? PC Gamer · Dec 1, 2025
NAND wafer shortages push November contract prices up by over 60% — market tightens as hyperscalers purchase capacity for AI data centers TrendForce reported on December 1 that NAND Flash wafer supply tightened sharply in November as AI workloads and enterprise SSD orders continued to drive sustained demand. Tom’s Hardware · Dec 1, 2025
PC and smartphone markets forecast to shrink in 2026 due to higher prices as memory supply crisis escalates and threatens to spoil Black Friday for PC fans Get your PC purchases in ASAP, peeps. PC Gamer · Nov 18, 2025
OLED PC monitor sales are booming, up 65% on last year with Asus leading the charge Fancy an OLED monitor this Black Friday? PC Gamer · Nov 18, 2025
The world is overly reliant on one US-located mine for critical chipmaking material, but China is working to break the stranglehold — China investing over $14 million in synthetic quartz manufacturing to diversify away from US dependency High-purity quartz is crucial for semiconductor manufacturing, and you can only get it naturally from the mine in North Carolina. Tom’s Hardware · Nov 7, 2025
Explainer: The RAMpocalypse is making memory, SSDs, and even GPUs much more expensive, and it's all down to AI Here's all we know about skyrocketing memory prices and what's causing it. PC Gamer · Oct 29, 2025
Nvidia wants 10Gbps HBM4 to blunt AMD’s MI450, report claims — company said to be pushing suppliers for more bandwidth Nvidia is reportedly pressing its memory vendors to push beyond JEDEC’s official HBM4 baseline, reportedly requesting 10Gb/s-per-pin stacks for its 2026 Vera Rubin platform. Tom’s Hardware · Sep 19, 2025
Surging AI demand for HDDs means that you may have to wait up to a year for 32+ TB hard disk drives, warns research - and yes, prices are also going up AI growth pressures storage markets as 32TB and larger HDDs face year-long waits, shipping delays, and rising prices. TechRadar · Sep 18, 2025
NAND and DRAM prices surge by up to 20% — contract price increases driven by AI demands and tight supply Contract prices for both NAND and DRAM have jumped by an estimated 15-20% in the fourth quarter of 2025, according to numbers published by DigiTimes on September 17. Tom’s Hardware · Sep 17, 2025
AI cloud companies have guzzled up so much HDD storage that they might be coming for our SSDs next *Smiles nervously*. PC Gamer · Sep 16, 2025
Expect HDD, SSD shortages as AI rewrites the rules of storage hierarchy — multiple companies announce price hikes, too The computing market is absolutely ablaze with growth, and what's driving it is AI, of course. The most common headlines on this topic tend to revolve around GPUs, but the storage market is under heavy pressure as well — especially hard drive vendors who purportedly haven't done much to increase… Tom’s Hardware · Sep 15, 2025
Another iPhone 17 price leak has appeared – and it's not good news ahead of Tuesday's Apple event Most iPhone 17 models are likely to cost more, but RAM and storage options are getting boosts too. TechRadar · Sep 4, 2025
Tom’s Guide · Sep 4, 2025 iPhone 17 price rumors — here's what you could pay for all four models There could be a serious price hike
PC Gamer · Sep 1, 2025 TSMC hits record 70% foundry market share, making a synapse singeing $30.24 billion in revenue last quarter alone AI GPUs and data centre servers continue to be massive business.
TechRadar · Jul 8, 2025 Rising prices of DDR4, DDR5, GDDR6 RAM set to cause havoc on PC, smartphone and GPU prices - and no, AI is not the one to be blamed RAM prices rising massively across DDR4, DDR5, GDDR6 and LPDDR5X segments.
Tom’s Hardware · Jul 8, 2025 DRAM prices are about to skyrocket — DDR4 and GDDR6 among formats that could increase in price by up to 45% DRAM prices are set to rise sharply in Q3 2025, with legacy memory types like DDR4, LPDDR4X, and GDDR6 seeing the steepest increases of up to 45% due to supply cuts and phase-outs. The effect of U.S. tariffs on memory imports from Japan and South Korea is still to be…
Tom’s Hardware · Jul 3, 2025 Samsung delays $44 billion Texas chip fab — sources say completion halted because 'there are no customers' Sources cite that Samsung is delaying the launch of its Taylor, Texas, fab because the site lacks customers for its 4nm-class chip output.
TechRadar · Jun 5, 2025 Nvidia will sell a special version of its most powerful GPU to China to skirt around US export restrictions, but that won't be enough Nvidia’s RTX Pro 6000 China edition sidesteps US restrictions with GDDR7, offering lower performance, but enough power for AI at scale and rising demand.
Tom’s Hardware · Mar 18, 2025 Nvidia earned nearly as much as its next 9 fabless rivals combined last year Nvidia led the semiconductor industry in 2024 with $124.3 billion in revenue, driving AI-fueled growth that pushed the top 10 fabless chipmakers’ earnings to $249.8 billion, up 49% year-over-year.
Tom’s Hardware · Mar 4, 2025 The NAND market faced a 6.2% revenue loss in Q4 24 — forecast projects a further 20% hit in Q1 25 TrendForce reports that the NAND flash industry suffered a 6% revenue drop in Q4 24 and is expected to plummet by 20% further in Q1 25.
PC Gamer · Feb 19, 2025 Black Myth: Wukong said to single-handedly boost monitor sales in 2024 as gamers predicted to buy 2.8 million OLED monitors in 2025 2025 expected to be another big year for OLED gaming.
Tom’s Hardware · Jan 23, 2025 Samsung to cut foundry investment in half, to $3.5B, says report — Rivals expected to invest more Unlike industry peers, Samsung Foundry reportedly intends to cut down spending on contract chipmaking unit.
International Business Times · Jan 8, 2025 Samsung Warns Fourth-quarter Profit To Miss Forecasts South Korea's Samsung Electronics said Wednesday it expected fourth-quarter profits to fall sharply from the previous quarter and miss forecasts as it struggled to meet robust demand for chips used in artificial intelligence servers.