With the AI giants devouring the market for memory chips, PC prices are set to skyrocket. Here's what I think laptop shoppers ...

Micron, SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics — make up nearly the entire RAM market, and they're benefitting from this shortage.

Smartphone prices are set to rise significantly in 2026 due to the hidden cost of the AI boom. Demand for HBM server memory is causing a severe production shortage of LPDDR5x (smartphone RAM).