{"id":1046406,"date":"2026-11-02T10:54:51","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T05:24:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=1046406"},"modified":"2026-11-02T10:54:51","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T05:24:51","slug":"after-hitting-ram-supply-ai-demand-may-have-triggered-another-key-component-shortage-for-pc-makers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2026\/11\/02\/after-hitting-ram-supply-ai-demand-may-have-triggered-another-key-component-shortage-for-pc-makers\/","title":{"rendered":"After \u2018hitting\u2019 RAM supply, AI demand may have triggered another key component shortage for PC makers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>First it was memory chips (RAM) and processors, now, the boom in artificial intelligence (AI) computing is squeezing another foundational piece of hardware: printed circuit boards (PCBs) and chip substrates. As PC makers like HP and Dell map out their hardware supply needs for 2027, this once-overlooked part of the electronics chain has suddenly turned into a major roadblock. According to a report by Nikkei Asia, industry managers say factory lines worldwide are pivoting toward high-margin AI infrastructure, leaving traditional consumer electronics, including laptops and smartphones, scrambling for capacity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVarious types of PCBs have become a critical bottleneck in our product planning for next year. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First it was memory chips (RAM) and processors, now, the boom in artificial intelligence (AI) computing is squeezing another foundational piece of hardware: printed circuit boards (PCBs) and chip substrates. As PC makers like HP and Dell map out their hardware supply needs for 2027, this once-overlooked part of the electronics chain has suddenly turned into a major roadblock. According to a report by Nikkei Asia, industry managers say factory lines worldwide are pivoting toward high-margin AI infrastructure, leaving traditional consumer electronics, including laptops and smartphones, scrambling for capacity. \u201cVarious types of PCBs have become a critical bottleneck in our [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[87,4,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1046406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-it-2-the-times-of-india","category-newspapers","category-the-times-of-india"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1046406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1046406"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1046406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1046407,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1046406\/revisions\/1046407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1046406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1046406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1046406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}