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Say what you want about burn-in, sales of OLED PC monitors surged by 92% in 2025

Go for the burn!

PC Gamer

OLED monitor sales surged 92% in 2025 — Asus led with 2.7 million units shipped as gamer-friendly panel tech goes mainstream

Gamers are finally buying OLEDs thanks to bumps in durability and brightness as well as drops in prices.

Tom’s Hardware

Notebook prices could be set to soar — and no, it's not the Apple MacBook Neo's fault, but those pesky RAM and CPU price rises again

Rising RAM prices, CPU cost increases, and tighter chip supply could push mainstream notebook prices nearly 40% higher.

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Seagate CCO says storage price hikes are ‘the new normal’ — demand enters an unprecedented ‘supercycle’ driven by AI growth

Seagate CCO Ban-Seng Teh said this week that memory price hikes are "the new normal" for the storage industry, describing current market conditions as a supercycle driven by AI data center demand that shows no sign of following historical patterns of recovery.

Tom’s Hardware

As if PC hardware news couldn't get any gloomier, one research report suggests mainstream laptop prices could rise by as much as 40%

And it's because CPUs are getting more expensive, too.

PC Gamer

Laptop prices expected to soar by around 40% as AI crunch takes hold — analyst says rising mainstream models priced at $900 could hit more than $1,200 due to rising memory, storage, and CPU costs

Industry analyst outfit TrendForce estimates that midrange laptops will increase their retail prices by about 40% due to increasing RAM, SSD, and CPU costs.

Tom’s Hardware

Apple pulls $4,000 512GB Mac Studio upgrade option as AI RAM squeeze continues, raises 256GB upgrade price — M3 256GB upgrade now costs $2,000

The 512GB option, which was exclusive to the M3 Ultra chip and previously cost $4,000, no longer appears on Apple's configuration page.

Tom’s Hardware

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Spiralling memory spot prices could trigger 'industry cycle collapse,' report warns — NAND wafer costs surge 25% in a single month

DDR5 16G (2Gx8) chips averaged $39, up 7.4% month-over-month, while 1Tb TLC flash wafers jumped 25% to $25.

Tom’s Hardware

AI infrastructure surge begins squeezing Apple’s component costs — company considering supplier other than TSMC for lower-end chips, report claims

Apple is beginning to feel the downstream effects of the AI infrastructure boom, as surging demand for data center hardware pushes up component costs and weakens its leverage.

Tom’s Hardware

AI-driven RAM shortages threaten more than just the PC market — datacenters expected to consume 70% of global memory in 2026

A recent Wall Street Journal report details how there's no end in sight for the ongoing DRAM shortage, which will affect a lot more than just the PC market.

Windows Central

'Sharp, irreversible hikes': Think RAM price surges are bad? Analysts say AI will cause SSDs' NAND components to shoot up in price permanently - with no ceiling in sight

TrendForce forecasts suggest NAND pricing pressures are structural, supported by constrained supply and sustained SSD demand from data centers.

TechRadar

DRAM prices set to almost double by March 2026, and yes, we all have our AI overlords to thank for that wonderful news

AI-driven data center demand has intensified DDR5 DRAM prices, while server memory prioritization reduces availability for PC-focused products globally.

TechRadar

PC sales set for a 2026 downturn as memory demand hits other devices

Industry analysts agree: PC prices are rising. Upgrade your PC now or you'll either be faced with a higher bill or poorer specs in the future.

TechRadar

Bye Bye MLC: QLC and TLC to be dominant SSD technologies amidst AI's ravenous appetite for NAND — and PLC won't probably happen till the era of Petabyte SSDs

TrendForce shows MLC NAND retreating while TLC and QLC dominate SSDs, driven by AI workloads, data growth, and supplier strategy.

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2026 could well be the year of the $500 32GB DDR5 memory module — experts predict DDR will go up by 60% in Q1 2026 alone

2026 could see 32GB DDR5 memory costing $500 as analysts warn of steep DRAM price rises driven by server demand.

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Samsung Electronics Q4 Profit Triples on AI Memory Prices—Why Jobs Are Now at Risk

Samsung announced a projection of consolidated operating profit surge of 3x in Q4 of 2026 driven mainly by AI memory price surge. What does this mean for jobs?

MarketBeat

Why SanDisk Just Had One of the Biggest Days in Its History

See what NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang said about the artificial intelligence data storage market that led SanDisk shares to soar 27%.

TechRadar

We have more rumored details for Apple's cheaper MacBook – and it could be out soon

Apple is ready to introduce its cheaper MacBook to the world, according to a new analyst report.

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Tom’s Guide

Asus confirms price hikes just days ahead of CES 2026 — what you need to know

Asus has announced that price hikes will come into effect from January 5, right before CES 2026.

TechRadar

Is 8GB of RAM enough for a laptop in 2026?

RAMageddon in 2026? There are dire predictions for laptops regarding the memory crisis, and we could see a lot more 8GB notebooks.

Tom’s Hardware

Asus announces product price hikes starting January 5, and AI is to blame — RAM and storage cost pressure cited as main trigger for pricing increases

Asus says that it will increase prices on several product lines starting January 5, as prices for memory and storage components continue to rise. TrendForce estimates that laptop shipments could shrink by as much as 10.1% due to the memory shortage.

Tom’s Guide

RAM price crisis LIVE — all the latest updates on price surges, global memory shortage, expert advice and more

Here's everything you need to know about the ongoing RAM price crisis, along with the latest updates and our expert advice on current prices on phones, tablets, laptops and more.

PC Gamer

OLED monitors are starting to get their flowers, as 2025 marks a 65% increase in shipments

Hopefully, that comes with even more competition in the OLED market.

TechRadar

The RAM crisis will be a disaster for gaming laptops — here’s why

Gaming laptops and pre-built systems are in trouble, as we may see more 8GB configurations as a result of RAM price hikes.

TechRadar

The RAM crisis will see smartphone specs go backwards in 2026, experts warn – here's why

Thanks to rising RAM prices, phone makers might choose to equip their upcoming handsets with less of it.

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