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Intel's CEO reckons the RAM shortage will last for pretty much the rest of the decade.
There's a salvo of worrying rumors for GPUs, including that graphics cards will get 'significantly' pricier.
Laptop sales are in freefall and likely to get even worse in 2027, as the prospect of more price hikes looms.
Prime Day isn't great for the PC components that have been hit hard by the RAM crisis, unsurprisingly — but there are a few deals worth looking at.
AMD is upping chip production levels next year — but this is for AI, so it won't help consumers with the RAM crisis.
Chatter about the memory supply shortage, both on the grapevine and from analysts, has taken another gloomy turn.
Still one of our favourite portable SSDs, the the 1TB Samsung T9 features fast speeds for professionals and I can't find it cheaper anywhere else.
Micro Center is cracking down on scalpers looking to export Nvidia's RTX 5090 GPU.
